ARCHIVE April 7, 2026
April 7, 2026 · NL Cent

San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates

April 7, 2026PNC ParkClear 41°F · 9 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
San Diego Padres
5-6
1
vs
HOME
Pittsburgh Pirates
7-4
7

Starting pitchers

AWAY · SD
Nick Pivetta
Nick Pivetta
IP 5
HOME · PIT
Paul Skenes
Paul Skenes
IP 6.1

Lineups

AWAY · SD
  1. 1 Ramón Laureano LF
  2. 2 Fernando Tatis RF
  3. 3 Jackson Merrill CF
  4. 4 Manny Machado 3B
  5. 5 Xander Bogaerts SS
  6. 6 Gavin Sheets 1B
  7. 7 Miguel Andujar DH
  8. 8 Freddy Fermin C
  9. 9 Jake Cronenworth 2B
HOME · PIT
  1. 1 Oneil Cruz CF
  2. 2 Brandon Lowe DH
  3. 3 Bryan Reynolds LF
  4. 4 Ryan O'Hearn RF
  5. 5 Nick Yorke 3B
  6. 6 Nick Gonzales 2B
  7. 7 Spencer Horwitz 1B
  8. 8 Konnor Griffin SS
  9. 9 Henry Davis C

Box score

  123456789 R
SD 000000100 1
PIT 000020050 7

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B / C- entering this matchup.

AWAY · SD
Craig Stammen
B Lineup 0.8 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.2 R
HOME · PIT
Don Kelly
C- Lineup 2.3 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 0.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · SD
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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HOME · PIT
5-5 W2 +1 run diff
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Season series: 1-0 with SD 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 · San Diego Padres
  • Manager lineup cost −0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.04 vs actual lineup 3.09
  • Player execution −2.09 R/G Players fell 2.09 short of the lineup's 3.09 projection (scored 1)
  • Game variance −2.04 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Laureano 0-for-4 batting 1st

HOME · Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.07 vs actual lineup 4.02
  • Player execution +2.98 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.02 projection by 2.98 (scored 7)
  • Game variance +2.93 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lowe 0-for-4 batting 2nd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.0 – 4.1 — actual was 1 – 7.

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.