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Friday · May 8 · 6:11 PM ✦

ASTROS @ REDS

Great American Ball Park. · 67 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 10 mph r to l

Final

ASTROS 10
Reds 0

Our Pick

CINCINNATI REDS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–4 Cincinnati Reds · Actual: 10–0 Astros

53%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Astros Reds Projected Result
Baseline Cincinnati Reds 44% 56% 3–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Cincinnati Reds 45% 55% 2–3 ✗
Platoon-weighted Houston Astros 53% 47% 3–4 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Cincinnati Reds 35% 65% 2–4 ✗
Logistic Cincinnati Reds 49% 51% — ✗
Random Forest Houston Astros 51% 49% — ✓
Consensus Cincinnati Reds 47% 53% 3–4 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Platoon-weighted and Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Astros this season

90–65

58% across 155 games

Reds this season

82–73

53% across 155 games