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April 8, 2026 · AL West

Seattle Mariners vs Texas Rangers

April 8, 2026Globe Life FieldRoof Closed 74°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Seattle Mariners
4-9
0
vs
HOME
Texas Rangers
7-5
3

Starting pitchers

AWAY · SEA
Bryan Woo
Bryan Woo
IP 5
HOME · TEX
MacKenzie Gore
MacKenzie Gore
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · SEA
  1. 1 Rob Refsnyder RF
  2. 2 Cal Raleigh DH
  3. 3 Julio Rodríguez CF
  4. 4 Randy Arozarena LF
  5. 5 Brendan Donovan 3B
  6. 6 Mitch Garver C
  7. 7 J.P. Crawford SS
  8. 8 Connor Joe 1B
  9. 9 Cole Young 2B
HOME · TEX
  1. 1 Brandon Nimmo RF
  2. 2 Wyatt Langford LF
  3. 3 Corey Seager SS
  4. 4 Jake Burger 1B
  5. 5 Joc Pederson DH
  6. 6 Evan Carter CF
  7. 7 Danny Jansen C
  8. 8 Josh Smith 2B
  9. 9 Ezequiel Duran 3B

Box score

  123456789 R
SEA 000000000 0
TEX 000030000 3

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · SEA
Dan Wilson
B- Lineup 1.3 R Bunts 0.2 R IBBs 0.8 R
HOME · TEX
Skip Schumaker
B- Lineup 1.0 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 0.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · SEA
5-5 W2 +2 run diff
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HOME · TEX
3-7 L2 -20 run diff
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Season series: 2-2 with SEA listed first across 4 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 · Seattle Mariners
  • Manager lineup cost +0.06 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.15 vs actual lineup 4.10
  • Player execution −4.10 R/G Players fell 4.10 short of the lineup's 4.10 projection (scored 0)
  • Game variance −4.15 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Raleigh 0-for-4 batting 2nd

HOME · Texas Rangers
  • Manager lineup cost +0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.78 vs actual lineup 3.76
  • Player execution −0.76 R/G Players fell 0.76 short of the lineup's 3.76 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −0.78 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Langford 0-for-3 batting 2nd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.2 – 3.8 — actual was 0 – 3.

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.