ARCHIVE March 27, 2026
March 27, 2026 · AL West

Los Angeles Angels vs Houston Astros

March 27, 2026Daikin ParkRoof Closed 73°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Los Angeles Angels
2-0
6
vs
HOME
Houston Astros
0-2
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · LAA
Yusei Kikuchi
Yusei Kikuchi
IP 4.1
HOME · HOU
Mike Burrows
Mike Burrows
IP 5.2

Lineups

AWAY · LAA
  1. 1 Zach Neto SS
  2. 2 Mike Trout CF
  3. 3 Nolan Schanuel 1B
  4. 4 Jorge Soler DH
  5. 5 Yoán Moncada 3B
  6. 6 Jo Adell RF
  7. 7 Josh Lowe LF
  8. 8 Logan O'Hoppe C
  9. 9 Oswald Peraza 2B
HOME · HOU
  1. 1 Jeremy Peña SS
  2. 2 Yordan Alvarez LF
  3. 3 Isaac Paredes DH
  4. 4 Jose Altuve 2B
  5. 5 Carlos Correa 3B
  6. 6 Cam Smith RF
  7. 7 Christian Walker 1B
  8. 8 Yainer Diaz C
  9. 9 Brice Matthews CF

Box score

  123456789 R
LAA 130010001 6
HOU 100010000 2

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C / D+ entering this matchup.

AWAY · LAA
Kurt Suzuki
C Lineup 1.4 R Bunts 2.0 R IBBs 2.1 R
HOME · HOU
Joe Espada
D+ Lineup 2.8 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 0.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · LAA
3-7 L1 -10 run diff
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HOME · HOU
5-4 W1 -2 run diff
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Tactical analysis

RunsLeft separates manager decisions from player execution from game variance. Each card below is the same three-number framework that drives the share cards on the SPA replay page.

AWAY · Los Angeles Angels
  • Manager lineup cost −0.06 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.69 vs actual lineup 4.75
  • Player execution +1.25 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.75 projection by 1.25 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +1.31 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Soler 0-for-4 batting 4th

HOME · Houston Astros
  • Manager lineup cost −0.09 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.85 vs actual lineup 4.94
  • Player execution −2.94 R/G Players fell 2.94 short of the lineup's 4.94 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −2.85 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Paredes 0-for-4 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.7 – 4.8 — actual was 6 – 2.

Keep reading

How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. Tactical analysis comes from a per-game Monte Carlo: 10,000 simulated games against the opposing starter's ERA, both for the actual lineup the manager wrote and for the optimal arrangement of those nine players. The three numbers — manager cost, player execution, game variance — separate which part of the result was the lineup, the players, or the dice.

Read the full methodology.