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Thursday · September 10 · 6:40 pm ✦

PIRATES @ WHITE SOX

Rate Field. · 71 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 8 mph r to l

Final

PIRATES 2
White Sox 0

Our Pick

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–4 Chicago White Sox · Actual: 2–0 Pirates

55%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Pirates White Sox Projected Result
Baseline Pittsburgh Pirates 55% 45% 4–4 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Chicago White Sox 47% 53% 3–4 ✗
Platoon-weighted Chicago White Sox 47% 53% 4–4 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Chicago White Sox 33% 67% 3–3 ✗
Logistic Chicago White Sox 44% 56% — ✗
Random Forest Chicago White Sox 39% 61% — ✗
Consensus Chicago White Sox 45% 55% 3–4 ✗
1 of 6 sims got it right — Baseline caught what the others missed.

— 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