Final score: Red Sox 2–3 Rockies ·Engine pick: Colorado Rockies to win ✓ Correct
Graded 2026-06-23 12:36:18 · engine mlb-sim-1.0.
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| Red Sox | Rockies | |
|---|---|---|
| Record | 62-51 | 45-70 |
| Win % | .549 | .391 |
| Division | AL East | NL West |
| Division rank | 3rd | 5th |
| Games back | 5.5 | 24.0 |
| Last 10 | 9-1 | 3-7 |
| Streak | W7 | L3 |
| Home record | 27-29 | 27-32 |
| Away record | 35-22 | 18-38 |
| Runs scored/gm | 4.35 | 4.82 |
| Runs allowed/gm | 3.68 | 5.76 |
| Run differential | +76 | -108 |
The engine makes Colorado Rockies a 51.0% pick to win — the thinnest of leans, barely past a coin flip. Baseball punishes certainty: the best team in the league still loses roughly four nights in ten. It is filed as coin flip, the bottom tier: the inputs point in different directions and the engine is not claiming to know. That is published rather than dressed up.
Red Sox come in 5-5 over their last 10, scoring 3.00 and conceding 3.20 runs a game. Rockies are 2-8 in their last 10 at 3.00 scored and 5.20 allowed, on 6 straight losses. Red Sox arrive in the better shape, though ten games is a short window and form is weighted lightly here.
On the mound it is Jake Bennett for Red Sox against Ryan Feltner for Rockies — the largest single input on this page. One start moves a baseball projection further than a full lineup change would, which is why the engine waits for both probables before scoring a game.
Season run differential reads +76 for Red Sox and -108 for Rockies. Per game that is 4.35 scored against 3.68 allowed, versus 4.82 and 5.76. Red Sox are clearly the better side on the season — and differential is a more honest measure than record, because it survives the luck in one-run games.
Rockies are 27-32 at home, Red Sox 35-22 on the road. Home advantage in baseball is real but small — historically worth something near 54%, not the lopsided edge it carries elsewhere — so the splits inform this projection without dominating it. The ballpark matters more than the venue: run environment varies more between parks than between lineups.
The projected total is 9.3 runs — a middling run environment. Through the first five innings, before the bullpens take over, it favours Rockies at 44% — under half because the first five is a three-way market: five innings can finish level, and that outcome takes a share of the book.
This pick was published before first pitch and graded against the final score above — right or wrong, it stays on the page.
8th Day Engine · mlb-sim-1.0
Modelled probabilities from a deterministic engine, not betting advice. Every pick is published before the game and graded after it on the accuracy page.