ARCHIVE April 7, 2026
April 7, 2026 · AL West

Atlanta Braves vs Los Angeles Angels

April 7, 2026Angel StadiumClear 72°F · 9 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Atlanta Braves
7-5
7
vs
HOME
Los Angeles Angels
6-6
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · ATL
Reynaldo López
Reynaldo López
IP 4.2
HOME · LAA
Yusei Kikuchi
Yusei Kikuchi
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · ATL
  1. 1 Ronald Acuña Jr. RF
  2. 2 Drake Baldwin DH
  3. 3 Ozzie Albies 2B
  4. 4 Matt Olson 1B
  5. 5 Austin Riley 3B
  6. 6 Mauricio Dubón LF
  7. 7 Eli White CF
  8. 8 Jonah Heim C
  9. 9 Jorge Mateo SS
HOME · 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 Travis d'Arnaud C
  9. 9 Oswald Peraza 2B

Box score

  123456789 R
ATL 010300012 7
LAA 200000000 2

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C+ / C entering this matchup.

AWAY · ATL
Walt Weiss
C+ Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 0.2 R
HOME · LAA
Kurt Suzuki
C Lineup 1.4 R Bunts 2.0 R IBBs 2.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · ATL
7-3 L1 +18 run diff
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HOME · LAA
3-7 L1 -10 run diff
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Season series: 1-0 with ATL 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 · Atlanta Braves
  • Manager lineup cost +0.07 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.90 vs actual lineup 4.83
  • Player execution +2.17 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.83 projection by 2.17 (scored 7)
  • Game variance +2.10 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

HOME · Los Angeles Angels
  • Manager lineup cost +0.08 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.50 vs actual lineup 3.41
  • Player execution −1.41 R/G Players fell 1.41 short of the lineup's 3.41 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.50 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.9 – 3.5 — actual was 7 – 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.