ARCHIVE April 8, 2026
April 8, 2026 · AL East

Milwaukee Brewers vs Boston Red Sox

April 8, 2026Fenway ParkSunny 43°F · 8 mph, In From RF
AWAY
Milwaukee Brewers
8-4
0
vs
HOME
Boston Red Sox
4-8
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · MIL
Jake Woodford
Jake Woodford
IP 3
HOME · BOS
Sonny Gray
Sonny Gray
IP 6.1

Lineups

AWAY · MIL
  1. 1 Sal Frelick RF
  2. 2 Garrett Mitchell CF
  3. 3 Christian Yelich DH
  4. 4 Jake Bauers 1B
  5. 5 Gary Sánchez C
  6. 6 Luis Rengifo 3B
  7. 7 Brandon Lockridge LF
  8. 8 David Hamilton 2B
  9. 9 Joey Ortiz SS
HOME · BOS
  1. 1 Roman Anthony LF
  2. 2 Andruw Monasterio SS
  3. 3 Willson Contreras 1B
  4. 4 Wilyer Abreu RF
  5. 5 Trevor Story DH
  6. 6 Caleb Durbin 3B
  7. 7 Carlos Narváez C
  8. 8 Ceddanne Rafaela CF
  9. 9 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2B

Box score

  123456789 R
MIL 000000000 0
BOS 003000200 5

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · MIL
Pat Murphy
B- Lineup 0.6 R Bunts 1.4 R IBBs 3.1 R
HOME · BOS
Chad Tracy
C- Lineup 2.8 R Bunts 0.1 R IBBs 0.2 R Interim

Recent form

AWAY · MIL
6-3 W2 +33 run diff
WW?LLWWWLW
HOME · BOS
5-5 W1 -3 run diff
WLWWWLLWLL

Season series: 0-1 with MIL 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 · Milwaukee Brewers
  • Manager lineup cost +0.07 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.94 vs actual lineup 3.87
  • Player execution −3.87 R/G Players fell 3.87 short of the lineup's 3.87 projection (scored 0)
  • Game variance −3.94 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

HOME · Boston Red Sox
  • Manager lineup cost +0.07 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.36 vs actual lineup 4.29
  • Player execution +0.71 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.29 projection by 0.71 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +0.64 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Anthony 0-for-3 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.9 – 4.4 — actual was 0 – 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.