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April 6, 2026 · AL East

Los Angeles Dodgers vs Toronto Blue Jays

April 6, 2026Rogers CentreRoof Closed 68°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Los Angeles Dodgers
8-2
14
vs
HOME
Toronto Blue Jays
4-6
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · LAD
Justin Wrobleski
Justin Wrobleski
IP 5
HOME · TOR
Josh Fleming
Josh Fleming
IP 3

Lineups

AWAY · LAD
  1. 1 Shohei Ohtani DH
  2. 2 Kyle Tucker RF
  3. 3 Freddie Freeman 1B
  4. 4 Teoscar Hernández LF
  5. 5 Max Muncy 3B
  6. 6 Andy Pages CF
  7. 7 Alex Freeland 2B
  8. 8 Dalton Rushing C
  9. 9 Hyeseong Kim SS
HOME · TOR
  1. 1 George Springer DH
  2. 2 Davis Schneider LF
  3. 3 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B
  4. 4 Kazuma Okamoto 3B
  5. 5 Ernie Clement 2B
  6. 6 Daulton Varsho CF
  7. 7 Myles Straw RF
  8. 8 Tyler Heineman C
  9. 9 Andrés Giménez SS

Box score

  123456789 R
LAD 202113410 14
TOR 100000001 2

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B / B entering this matchup.

AWAY · LAD
Dave Roberts
B Lineup 0.2 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 1.0 R
HOME · TOR
John Schneider
B Lineup 0.3 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 1.3 R

Recent form

AWAY · LAD
5-5 W1 +16 run diff
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HOME · TOR
5-5 W1 +8 run diff
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Season series: 0-1 with LAD 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 · Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Manager lineup cost +0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 5.00 vs actual lineup 4.99
  • Player execution +9.01 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.99 projection by 9.01 (scored 14)
  • Game variance +9.00 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Rushing HR from the 8-hole

HOME · Toronto Blue Jays
  • Manager lineup cost −0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.33 vs actual lineup 2.35
  • Player execution −0.35 R/G Players fell 0.35 short of the lineup's 2.35 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −0.33 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Schneider 0-for-4 batting 2nd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 5.0 – 2.3 — actual was 14 – 2.

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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.