ARCHIVE April 8, 2026
April 8, 2026 · NL East

Cincinnati Reds vs Miami Marlins

April 8, 2026loanDepot parkRoof Closed 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Cincinnati Reds
8-4
4
vs
HOME
Miami Marlins
7-5
7

Starting pitchers

AWAY · CIN
Brady Singer
Brady Singer
IP 2.2
HOME · MIA
Eury Pérez
Eury Pérez
IP 5

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 Will Benson LF
  7. 7 Tyler Stephenson C
  8. 8 Noelvi Marte RF
  9. 9 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B
HOME · MIA
  1. 1 Jakob Marsee CF
  2. 2 Xavier Edwards 2B
  3. 3 Agustín Ramírez DH
  4. 4 Liam Hicks C
  5. 5 Connor Norby 1B
  6. 6 Owen Caissie RF
  7. 7 Griffin Conine LF
  8. 8 Leo Jiménez SS
  9. 9 Graham Pauley 3B

Box score

  123456789 R
CIN 200020000 4
MIA 222000100 7

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 −0.07 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.34 vs actual lineup 4.41
  • Player execution −0.41 R/G Players fell 0.41 short of the lineup's 4.41 projection (scored 4)
  • Game variance −0.34 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

McLain 0-for-4 batting 2nd

HOME · Miami Marlins
  • Manager lineup cost +0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.46 vs actual lineup 4.42
  • Player execution +2.58 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.42 projection by 2.58 (scored 7)
  • Game variance +2.54 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Conine HR from the 7-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.3 – 4.5 — actual was 4 – 7.

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.