Chicago Cubs vs

Athletics Prediction

The Oakland Athletics are 2-6 at home this season and the Chicago Cubs are 2-2 on the road this season. This is a close match-up with both teams having a 45 to 55 percent chance of winning based on 10,000 game simulations generated one play at a time by the AccuScore Simulation Supercomputer. Athletics starter Kyle Muller is forecasted to have a better game than Cubs starter Hayden Wesneski. Kyle Muller has a 48% chance of having a Quality Start (QS) while Hayden Wesneski has a 34% chance of a QS. If Kyle Muller has a quality start the Athletics has a 75% chance of winning. His simulated strikeout to walk ratio is 3.2 and he has a 27% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio. When he has a 5/1 ratio the Athletics win 57%. In Hayden Wesneski quality starts the Cubs win 68%. He has a 15% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio and if he does his team wins 68% 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 Oakland Athletics is Ramon Laureano who averaged 2.21 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 37% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Athletics have a 64% chance of winning. The most productive batter for the Chicago Cubs is Ian Happ who averaged 2.48 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 43% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Cubs have a 65% chance of winning.