MLB: Tampa Bay Rays vs. St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are 27-26 at home this season and are solid favorites to beat the Tampa Bay Rays who are 27-25 on the road this season. The Cardinals 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. Cardinals starter Kyle Gibson is forecasted to have a better game than Rays starter Shane Baz. Kyle Gibson has a 33% chance of having a Quality Start (QS) while Shane Baz has a 21% chance of a QS. If Kyle Gibson has a quality start the Cardinals has a 78% chance of winning. His simulated strikeout to walk ratio is 3.8 and he has a 34% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio. When he has a 5/1 ratio the Cardinals win 66%. In Shane Baz quality starts the Rays win 67%. He has a 36% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio and if he does his team wins 67% 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 St. Louis Cardinals is Kyle Gibson who averaged 3.29 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 71% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Cardinals have a 70% chance of winning. The most productive batter for the Tampa Bay Rays is Shane Baz who averaged 3.18 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 Rays have a 54% chance of winning.
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