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Friday · September 11 · 7:10 pm ✦

ROYALS @ RED SOX

Fenway Park. · 71 degrees, clear, wind 6 mph l to r

Final

ROYALS 3
Red Sox 2

Our Pick

BOSTON RED SOX, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 3–4 Boston Red Sox · Actual: 3–2 Royals

54%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Royals Red Sox Projected Result
Baseline Boston Red Sox 45% 55% 3–3 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Boston Red Sox 42% 58% 3–4 ✗
Platoon-weighted Kansas City Royals 55% 45% 4–3 ✓
Pitcher + Platoon Boston Red Sox 42% 58% 4–4 ✗
Logistic Kansas City Royals 51% 49% — ✓
Random Forest Boston Red Sox 33% 67% — ✗
Consensus Boston Red Sox 46% 54% 3–4 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Platoon-weighted and Logistic caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Royals this season

78–77

50% across 155 games

Red Sox this season

85–72

54% across 157 games