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Wednesday · June 3 · 7:10 pm ✦

ROYALS @ REDS

Great American Ball Park. · 79 degrees, clear, wind 3 mph in from lf

Final

ROYALS 5
Reds 2

Our Pick

CINCINNATI REDS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–4 Cincinnati Reds · Actual: 5–2 Royals

54%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Royals Reds Projected Result
Baseline Cincinnati Reds 33% 67% 3–4
Pitcher-weighted Cincinnati Reds 38% 62% 3–4
Platoon-weighted Kansas City Royals 55% 45% 4–4
Pitcher + Platoon Cincinnati Reds 40% 60% 3–4
Logistic Kansas City Royals 59% 41%
Random Forest Cincinnati Reds 46% 54%
Consensus Cincinnati Reds 46% 54% 3–4
2 of 6 sims got it right — Platoon-weighted and Logistic caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Royals this season

43–43

50% across 86 games

Reds this season

49–36

58% across 85 games