ARCHIVE April 6, 2026
April 6, 2026 · AL East

Milwaukee Brewers vs Boston Red Sox

April 6, 2026Fenway ParkPartly Cloudy 46°F · 9 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Milwaukee Brewers
8-2
8
vs
HOME
Boston Red Sox
2-8
6

Starting pitchers

AWAY · MIL
Brandon Woodruff
Brandon Woodruff
IP 5.2
HOME · BOS
Brayan Bello
Brayan Bello
IP 3.1

Lineups

AWAY · MIL
  1. 1 Brice Turang 2B
  2. 2 William Contreras C
  3. 3 Christian Yelich DH
  4. 4 Garrett Mitchell CF
  5. 5 Jake Bauers 1B
  6. 6 Luis Rengifo 3B
  7. 7 Sal Frelick RF
  8. 8 David Hamilton SS
  9. 9 Blake Perkins LF
HOME · BOS
  1. 1 Roman Anthony LF
  2. 2 Masataka Yoshida DH
  3. 3 Willson Contreras 1B
  4. 4 Wilyer Abreu RF
  5. 5 Trevor Story SS
  6. 6 Marcelo Mayer 2B
  7. 7 Caleb Durbin 3B
  8. 8 Carlos Narváez C
  9. 9 Ceddanne Rafaela CF

Box score

  123456789 R
MIL 000410021 8
BOS 102200001 6

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B- / C- entering this matchup.

AWAY · MIL
Pat Murphy
B- Lineup 0.6 R Bunts 1.4 R IBBs 3.1 R
HOME · BOS
Chad Tracy
C- Lineup 2.8 R Bunts 0.1 R IBBs 0.2 R Interim

Recent form

AWAY · MIL
6-3 W2 +33 run diff
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HOME · BOS
5-5 W1 -3 run diff
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Season series: 0-1 with MIL listed first across 1 prior meeting.

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 · Milwaukee Brewers
  • Manager lineup cost −0.09 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.69 vs actual lineup 4.78
  • Player execution +3.22 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.78 projection by 3.22 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +3.31 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Turang 0-for-4 batting 1st

HOME · Boston Red Sox
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.81 vs actual lineup 3.77
  • Player execution +2.23 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.77 projection by 2.23 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +2.19 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Durbin 2-for-4 from the 7-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.7 – 3.8 — actual was 8 – 6.

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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.