Cubs-Dodgers Game 1 a Virtual Tie
We just finished 1,000 runs of game 1 of the Cubs-Dodgers series on our Diamond Mind simulation.
The results?
It's close! L.A. won 536 times to 464 for the Cubs, so this
is almost a toss-up. The Dodgers scored an average
of 4.8 runs com
pared to 4.1 for the Cubbies. According to our
simulation runs, Ryan Dempster and Derek Lowe duel it up fairly even,
but the Dodgers rough up the Chicago bullpen more than the other way
around in a
number of our sim runs. And just as getting on base was
the
key for Philadelphia, the Dodgers take advantage of a number of walks,
while the Cubs average practically none while striking out a lot - and
they appear to pay the price for it... classic sabermetrics in game
one! But it looks very close - could go either way with one big hit.
And not only does this game look close, but we think the winner gets a
huge leg up for winning the series, more so than the other 3 LDS.
Not convinced about sim accuracy? See how we did in Game 1 of the Phillies-Brewers NLDS.
- Dayne
Comments
© 2005-2008 Imagine Sports
Official Licensee, MLB Advanced Media, L.P.
Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with the permission of the MLB Advanced Media, L.P.
Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association trademarks and copyrights are used with the permission of the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association and Major League Alumni Marketing, Inc.