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Tuesday · September 22 · 6:45 PM ✦

GUARDIANS @ RED SOX

Fenway Park. · 62 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 5 mph varies

Final

GUARDIANS 3
Red Sox 2

Our Pick

CLEVELAND GUARDIANS, narrowly

✓ Correct

Projected: 4–3 Cleveland Guardians · Actual: 3–2 Guardians

53%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Guardians Red Sox Projected Result
Baseline Cleveland Guardians 55% 45% 4–3 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Cleveland Guardians 56% 44% 4–3 ✓
Platoon-weighted Cleveland Guardians 64% 36% 3–3 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Cleveland Guardians 51% 49% 3–4 ✓
Logistic Boston Red Sox 43% 57% — ✗
Random Forest Cleveland Guardians 54% 46% — ✓
Consensus Cleveland Guardians 53% 47% 4–3 ✓
5 of 6 sims got it right.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Guardians this season

78–81

49% across 159 games

Red Sox this season

85–72

54% across 157 games