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Tuesday · September 8 · 6:40 pm ✦

PIRATES @ WHITE SOX

Rate Field. · 82 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 9 mph in from rf

Final

PIRATES 9
White Sox 3

Our Pick

CHICAGO WHITE SOX

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–4 Chicago White Sox · Actual: 9–3 Pirates

57%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Pirates White Sox Projected Result
Baseline Chicago White Sox 35% 65% 3–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Chicago White Sox 38% 62% 4–5 ✗
Platoon-weighted Chicago White Sox 45% 55% 4–4 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Chicago White Sox 49% 51% 4–4 ✗
Logistic Pittsburgh Pirates 50% 50% — ✓
Random Forest Chicago White Sox 32% 68% — ✗
Consensus Chicago White Sox 43% 57% 4–4 ✗
1 of 6 sims got it right — Logistic 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