ARCHIVE April 8, 2026
April 8, 2026 · AL West

Atlanta Braves vs Los Angeles Angels

April 8, 2026Angel StadiumSunny 74°F · 4 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Atlanta Braves
8-5
8
vs
HOME
Los Angeles Angels
6-7
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · ATL
Grant Holmes
Grant Holmes
IP 6.2
HOME · LAA
Reid Detmers
Reid Detmers
IP 4.1

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 SS
  7. 7 Mike Yastrzemski LF
  8. 8 Jonah Heim C
  9. 9 Michael Harris II CF
HOME · LAA
  1. 1 Zach Neto SS
  2. 2 Mike Trout CF
  3. 3 Nolan Schanuel 1B
  4. 4 Jorge Soler RF
  5. 5 Yoán Moncada 3B
  6. 6 Jo Adell DH
  7. 7 Josh Lowe LF
  8. 8 Logan O'Hoppe C
  9. 9 Oswald Peraza 2B

Box score

  123456789 R
ATL 113021000 8
LAA 020000000 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 +0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.13 vs actual lineup 4.12
  • Player execution +3.88 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.12 projection by 3.88 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +3.87 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

HOME · Los Angeles Angels
  • Manager lineup cost +0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.72 vs actual lineup 3.69
  • Player execution −1.69 R/G Players fell 1.69 short of the lineup's 3.69 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.72 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Trout 0-for-4 batting 2nd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.1 – 3.7 — actual was 8 – 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.