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Wednesday · September 9 · 6:40 pm ✦

PIRATES @ WHITE SOX

Rate Field. · 79 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 8 mph out to lf

Final

PIRATES 4
White Sox 2

Our Pick

PITTSBURGH PIRATES, narrowly

✓ Correct

Projected: 4–4 Pittsburgh Pirates · Actual: 4–2 Pirates

53%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Pirates White Sox Projected Result
Baseline Pittsburgh Pirates 62% 38% 3–3 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Pittsburgh Pirates 55% 45% 4–3 ✓
Platoon-weighted Pittsburgh Pirates 56% 44% 4–4 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Pittsburgh Pirates 53% 47% 4–4 ✓
Logistic Chicago White Sox 48% 52% — ✗
Random Forest Chicago White Sox 37% 63% — ✗
Consensus Pittsburgh Pirates 53% 47% 4–4 ✓
4 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Pirates this season

85–70

55% across 155 games

White Sox this season

81–81

50% across 162 games