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Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals

July 29, 2026 · MLB

Matthew Boyd vs Dustin May

TrueTail's simulation - context only

Cardinals wins about 54 times out of 100.

54%
Cubs 46.5% Cardinals 53.5%

Sim projects a total of 8.5 runs.

MLB sim opinions are gated: the model does not yet beat always picking the home team (Brier 0.2495 vs 0.2493) - projections below are context, not leans.

n=10,000 simulated trials · model game-sim-v6

The distribution

TrueTail's sims land on 7 total runs most often (10% of simulated outcomes).

Show the math

Win probability: home 53.5%, away 46.5%.
Projected score: home 4.4, away 4.0.
Dispersion: 3.25.
Mean margin (home): +0.4.
Run line: home -1.5 (38.5% cover), away 1.5 (61.5% cover).
Model game-sim-v6, n=10,000, computed 7/29/2026, 2:05:03 PM.

How this works · Numbers, explained