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

Los Angeles Dodgers vs Toronto Blue Jays

April 8, 2026Rogers CentreRoof Closed 68°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Los Angeles Dodgers
9-3
3
vs
HOME
Toronto Blue Jays
5-7
4

Starting pitchers

AWAY · LAD
Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani
IP 6
HOME · TOR
Dylan Cease
Dylan Cease
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · LAD
  1. 1 Shohei Ohtani P
  2. 2 Kyle Tucker RF
  3. 3 Will Smith C
  4. 4 Freddie Freeman 1B
  5. 5 Max Muncy 3B
  6. 6 Teoscar Hernández LF
  7. 7 Andy Pages CF
  8. 8 Alex Freeland 2B
  9. 9 Miguel Rojas SS
HOME · TOR
  1. 1 George Springer DH
  2. 2 Daulton Varsho CF
  3. 3 Vladimir Guerrero 1B
  4. 4 Jesús Sánchez LF
  5. 5 Kazuma Okamoto 3B
  6. 6 Ernie Clement 2B
  7. 7 Nathan Lukes RF
  8. 8 Andrés Giménez SS
  9. 9 Tyler Heineman C

Box score

  123456789 R
LAD 000101100 3
TOR 001000210 4

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B / B entering this matchup.

AWAY · LAD
Dave Roberts
B Lineup 0.2 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 1.0 R
HOME · TOR
John Schneider
B Lineup 0.3 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 1.3 R

Recent form

AWAY · LAD
5-5 W1 +16 run diff
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HOME · TOR
5-5 W1 +8 run diff
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Season series: 0-1 with LAD 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 · Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Manager lineup cost −0.12 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.30 vs actual lineup 3.42
  • Player execution −0.42 R/G Players fell 0.42 short of the lineup's 3.42 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −0.30 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Ohtani 0-for-3 batting 1st

HOME · Toronto Blue Jays
  • Manager lineup cost −0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.35 vs actual lineup 2.37
  • Player execution +1.63 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 2.37 projection by 1.63 (scored 4)
  • Game variance +1.65 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.3 – 2.4 — actual was 3 – 4.

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.