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Friday · September 18 · 6:40 pm ✦

TIGERS @ WHITE SOX

Rate Field. · 69 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 9 mph in from lf

Final

TIGERS 11
White Sox 8

Our Pick

DETROIT TIGERS, narrowly

✓ Correct

Projected: 5–4 Detroit Tigers · Actual: 11–8 Tigers

53%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Tigers White Sox Projected Result
Baseline Detroit Tigers 53% 47% 4–4 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Detroit Tigers 56% 44% 6–4 ✓
Platoon-weighted Detroit Tigers 60% 40% 4–4 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Chicago White Sox 45% 55% 4–4 ✗
Logistic Detroit Tigers 59% 41% — ✓
Random Forest Chicago White Sox 38% 62% — ✗
Consensus Detroit Tigers 53% 47% 5–4 ✓
4 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Tigers this season

95–58

62% across 153 games

White Sox this season

81–81

50% across 162 games