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Tuesday · April 21 · 6:40 pm ✦

PHILLIES @ CUBS

Wrigley Field. · 70 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 11 mph out to rf

Final

Phillies 4
CUBS 7

Our Pick

CHICAGO CUBS, narrowly

✓ Correct

Projected: 4–4 Chicago Cubs · Actual: 4–7 Cubs

51%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Phillies Cubs Projected Result
Baseline Philadelphia Phillies 64% 36% 5–4 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Philadelphia Phillies 58% 42% 4–4 ✗
Platoon-weighted Philadelphia Phillies 53% 47% 5–4 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Chicago Cubs 47% 53% 4–4 ✓
Logistic Chicago Cubs 45% 55% — ✓
Random Forest Chicago Cubs 34% 66% — ✓
Consensus Chicago Cubs 49% 51% 4–4 ✓
3 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Phillies this season

94–64

59% across 158 games

Cubs this season

77–80

49% across 157 games