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Friday · July 17 · 7:05 pm ✦

TWINS @ CUBS

Wrigley Field. · 87 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 9 mph out to lf

Final

TWINS 5
Cubs 2

Our Pick

CHICAGO CUBS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–4 Chicago Cubs · Actual: 5–2 Twins

53%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Twins Cubs Projected Result
Baseline Chicago Cubs 49% 51% 4–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Chicago Cubs 45% 55% 3–4 ✗
Platoon-weighted Chicago Cubs 40% 60% 3–4 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Chicago Cubs 44% 56% 3–4 ✗
Logistic Minnesota Twins 59% 41% — ✓
Random Forest Chicago Cubs 36% 64% — ✗
Consensus Chicago Cubs 47% 53% 3–4 ✗
1 of 6 sims got it right — Logistic caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Twins this season

83–72

54% across 155 games

Cubs this season

77–80

49% across 157 games