MLB: San Diego Padres vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates are 27-28 at home this season and are solid favorites to beat the San Diego Padres who are 30-23 on the road this season. The Pirates have a better than 55% chance of winning based on 10,000 game simulations generated one play at a time by the AccuScore Simulation Supercomputer. Pirates starter Luis Ortiz is forecasted to have a better game than Padres starter Randy Vasquez. Luis Ortiz has a 29% chance of having a Quality Start (QS) while Randy Vasquez has a 18% chance of a QS. If Luis Ortiz has a quality start the Pirates has a 80% chance of winning. His simulated strikeout to walk ratio is 3 and he has a 26% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio. When he has a 5/1 ratio the Pirates win 68%. In Randy Vasquez quality starts the Padres win 70%. He has a 31% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio and if he does his team wins 70% of simulations. In simulations we tracked the batter for each team that was most productive based his average hits, walks and RBI per simulation. The most productive batter for the Pittsburgh Pirates is Luis Ortiz who averaged 3.07 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 68% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Pirates have a 70% chance of winning. The most productive batter for the San Diego Padres is Randy Vasquez who averaged 3.22 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 70% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Padres have a 52% chance of winning.
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