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April 7, 2026 · AL East

Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees

April 7, 2026Yankee StadiumClear 43°F · 16 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Oakland Athletics
3-7
3
vs
HOME
New York Yankees
8-2
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · ATH
Aaron Civale
Aaron Civale
IP 5
HOME · NYY
Cam Schlittler
Cam Schlittler
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · ATH
  1. 1 Nick Kurtz 1B
  2. 2 Shea Langeliers C
  3. 3 Tyler Soderstrom LF
  4. 4 Brent Rooker DH
  5. 5 Jacob Wilson SS
  6. 6 Lawrence Butler RF
  7. 7 Max Muncy 3B
  8. 8 Jeff McNeil 2B
  9. 9 Denzel Clarke CF
HOME · NYY
  1. 1 Trent Grisham CF
  2. 2 Aaron Judge RF
  3. 3 Cody Bellinger LF
  4. 4 Ben Rice 1B
  5. 5 Giancarlo Stanton DH
  6. 6 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B
  7. 7 Amed Rosario 3B
  8. 8 Austin Wells C
  9. 9 José Caballero SS

Box score

  123456789 R
ATH 003000000 3
NYY 010000040 5

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · ATH
Mark Kotsay
C- Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 1.1 R
HOME · NYY
Aaron Boone
C+ Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 1.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · ATH
5-5 W2 -1 run diff
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HOME · NYY
7-3 L1 +26 run diff
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Season series: 2-0 with ATH listed first across 2 prior meetings.

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 · Oakland Athletics
  • Manager lineup cost +0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.51 vs actual lineup 2.49
  • Player execution +0.51 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 2.49 projection by 0.51 (scored 3)
  • Game variance +0.49 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Langeliers 0-for-4 batting 2nd

HOME · New York Yankees
  • Manager lineup cost −0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.69 vs actual lineup 3.72
  • Player execution +1.28 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.72 projection by 1.28 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +1.31 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Grisham 0-for-5 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 2.5 – 3.7 — actual was 3 – 5.

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.