ARCHIVE April 7, 2026
April 7, 2026 · NL East

Cincinnati Reds vs Miami Marlins

April 7, 2026loanDepot parkRoof Closed 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Cincinnati Reds
8-3
6
vs
HOME
Miami Marlins
6-5
3

Starting pitchers

AWAY · CIN
Andrew Abbott
Andrew Abbott
IP 5.1
HOME · MIA
Sandy Alcantara
Sandy Alcantara
IP 8.1

Lineups

AWAY · CIN
  1. 1 TJ Friedl CF
  2. 2 Matt McLain 2B
  3. 3 Elly De La Cruz SS
  4. 4 Sal Stewart 1B
  5. 5 Eugenio Suárez DH
  6. 6 Spencer Steer LF
  7. 7 Tyler Stephenson C
  8. 8 Noelvi Marte RF
  9. 9 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B
HOME · MIA
  1. 1 Austin Slater RF
  2. 2 Agustín Ramírez C
  3. 3 Jakob Marsee CF
  4. 4 Otto Lopez SS
  5. 5 Heriberto Hernández LF
  6. 6 Connor Norby 1B
  7. 7 Xavier Edwards 2B
  8. 8 Leo Jiménez DH
  9. 9 Javier Sanoja 3B

Box score

  12345678910 R
CIN 0000000024 6
MIA 0002000001 3

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · CIN
Terry Francona
B- Lineup 0.9 R Bunts 0.8 R IBBs 0.8 R
HOME · MIA
Clayton McCullough
C+ Lineup 1.4 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · CIN
1-9 L8 -46 run diff
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HOME · MIA
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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Season series: 0-2 with CIN 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 · Cincinnati Reds
  • Manager lineup cost −0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.48 vs actual lineup 3.49
  • Player execution +2.51 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.49 projection by 2.51 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +2.52 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Friedl 0-for-4 batting 1st

HOME · Miami Marlins
  • Manager lineup cost +0.12 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.93 vs actual lineup 4.82
  • Player execution −1.82 R/G Players fell 1.82 short of the lineup's 4.82 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −1.93 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.5 – 4.9 — actual was 6 – 3.

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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.