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Saturday · July 4 · 7:08 pm ✦

CARDINALS @ CUBS

Wrigley Field. · 69 degrees, cloudy, wind 8 mph in from lf

Final

CARDINALS 3
Cubs 0

Our Pick

CHICAGO CUBS, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–4 Chicago Cubs · Actual: 3–0 Cardinals

53%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Cardinals Cubs Projected Result
Baseline Chicago Cubs 45% 55% 3–4
Pitcher-weighted St. Louis Cardinals 64% 36% 4–3
Platoon-weighted Chicago Cubs 49% 51% 3–4
Pitcher + Platoon Chicago Cubs 36% 64% 3–4
Logistic Chicago Cubs 48% 52%
Random Forest Chicago Cubs 35% 65%
Consensus Chicago Cubs 47% 53% 3–4
1 of 6 sims got it right — Pitcher-weighted caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Cardinals this season

46–39

54% across 85 games

Cubs this season

39–46

46% across 85 games