The rollout of the first variant below is not too surprising given the rollout of the original position, but is still worth noting IMO.
The second variant is slightly artificial, but shows what happens if the midpoint is harder to clear and if 13/8 leaves only 5 shots instead of 6.
The third variant pits the first two variants against each other and shows that 13/8 wins even if we give the opponent the best five-point board.
Variant 1:

              
 
              
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0 pip: 116 | | 15 point match | pip: 92 score: 0
Blue is Player 1 | |
| XGID=-B-BBBC-----bB---bbe-A-bbA:1:1:-1:41:0:0:0:15:10 |
| Blue to play 41 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 6/1 | eq: +0.377 |
| Player: Opponent: | 69.75% (G:9.38% B:0.07%) 30.25% (G:3.50% B:0.08%) | Conf.: ± 0.005 (+0.371...+0.382) - [100.0%] Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 13/8 | eq: +0.352 (-0.025) |
| Player: Opponent: | 69.22% (G:9.85% B:0.12%) 30.78% (G:3.21% B:0.04%) | Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.348...+0.357) - [0.0%] Duration: 1 minute 05 seconds |
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1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 271828 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release, MET: Kazaross XG2
Variant 2:

              
 
              
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0 pip: 127 | | 15 point match | pip: 92 score: 0
Blue is Player 1 | |
| XGID=---BCCC-----b--B-bbe-A-bbA:1:1:-1:14:0:0:0:15:10 |
| Blue to play 14 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 13/8 | eq: +0.489 |
| Player: Opponent: | 74.00% (G:12.83% B:0.17%) 26.00% (G:3.41% B:0.08%) | Conf.: ± 0.005 (+0.484...+0.494) - [100.0%] Duration: 1 minute 58 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 6/1 | eq: +0.405 (-0.084) |
| Player: Opponent: | 70.00% (G:13.63% B:0.08%) 30.00% (G:4.88% B:0.16%) | Conf.: ± 0.005 (+0.399...+0.410) - [0.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 07 seconds |
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1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 271828 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release, MET: Kazaross XG2
Variant 3:

              
 
              
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0 pip: 122 | | 15 point match | pip: 92 score: 0
Blue is Player 1 | |
| XGID=--BBBBC-----b--B-bbe-A-bbA:1:1:-1:14:0:0:0:15:10 |
| Blue to play 14 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 13/8 | eq: +0.393 |
| Player: Opponent: | 70.01% (G:10.58% B:0.15%) 29.99% (G:3.59% B:0.07%) | Conf.: ± 0.005 (+0.388...+0.398) - [100.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 09 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 6/1 | eq: +0.346 (-0.047) |
| Player: Opponent: | 67.71% (G:11.10% B:0.08%) 32.29% (G:4.93% B:0.15%) | Conf.: ± 0.005 (+0.341...+0.352) - [0.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 17 seconds |
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1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 271828 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release, MET: Kazaross XG2