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Wednesday · September 9 · 6:35 pm ✦

GUARDIANS @ ORIOLES

Oriole Park at Camden Yards. · 87 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 13 mph out to lf

Final

Guardians 5
ORIOLES 9

Our Pick

CLEVELAND GUARDIANS

✗ Wrong

Projected: 4–3 Cleveland Guardians · Actual: 5–9 Orioles

56%

Consensus

— Simulation Breakdown —

Simulation Pick Guardians Orioles Projected Result
Baseline Baltimore Orioles 49% 51% 3–4 ✓
Pitcher-weighted Cleveland Guardians 55% 45% 3–3 ✗
Platoon-weighted Cleveland Guardians 60% 40% 4–3 ✗
Pitcher + Platoon Cleveland Guardians 65% 35% 4–3 ✗
Logistic Cleveland Guardians 56% 44% — ✗
Random Forest Baltimore Orioles 47% 53% — ✓
Consensus Cleveland Guardians 56% 44% 4–3 ✗
2 of 6 sims got it right — Baseline and Random Forest caught what the others missed.

— How We've Done On These Teams —

Guardians this season

78–81

49% across 159 games

Orioles this season

81–72

53% across 153 games