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Wednesday · September 2 · 4:11 PM ✦

MARINERS @ RED SOX

Fenway Park. · 71 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 5 mph in from rf

Final

MARINERS 8
Red Sox 3

Our Pick

BOSTON RED SOX, narrowly

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–3 Boston Red Sox · Actual: 8–3 Mariners

52%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Mariners Red Sox Projected Result
Baseline Boston Red Sox 47% 53% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher-weighted Seattle Mariners 53% 47% 4–4 ✓
Platoon-weighted Boston Red Sox 44% 56% 4–4 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Seattle Mariners 62% 38% 4–3 ✓
Logistic Boston Red Sox 45% 55% — ✗
Random Forest Boston Red Sox 29% 71% — ✗
Consensus Boston Red Sox 48% 52% 4–3 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Pitcher-weighted and Pitcher + Platoon caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Mariners this season

87–67

56% across 154 games

Red Sox this season

85–72

54% across 157 games