ARCHIVE April 9, 2026
April 9, 2026 · NL East

Cincinnati Reds vs Miami Marlins

April 9, 2026loanDepot parkRoof Closed 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Cincinnati Reds
8-5
1
vs
HOME
Miami Marlins
8-5
8

Starting pitchers

AWAY · CIN
Rhett Lowder
Rhett Lowder
IP 5.1
HOME · MIA
Max Meyer
Max Meyer
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · CIN
  1. 1 TJ Friedl LF
  2. 2 Matt McLain 2B
  3. 3 Elly De La Cruz SS
  4. 4 Sal Stewart 1B
  5. 5 Eugenio Suárez 3B
  6. 6 Nathaniel Lowe DH
  7. 7 Spencer Steer RF
  8. 8 Dane Myers CF
  9. 9 P.J. Higgins C
HOME · MIA
  1. 1 Jakob Marsee DH
  2. 2 Xavier Edwards 2B
  3. 3 Agustín Ramírez C
  4. 4 Liam Hicks 1B
  5. 5 Otto Lopez SS
  6. 6 Owen Caissie RF
  7. 7 Griffin Conine LF
  8. 8 Javier Sanoja CF
  9. 9 Graham Pauley 3B

Box score

  123456789 R
CIN 000010000 1
MIA 100301120 8

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 −0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.51 vs actual lineup 3.56
  • Player execution −2.56 R/G Players fell 2.56 short of the lineup's 3.56 projection (scored 1)
  • Game variance −2.51 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Friedl 0-for-5 batting 1st

HOME · Miami Marlins
  • Manager lineup cost +0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.52 vs actual lineup 3.48
  • Player execution +4.52 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.48 projection by 4.52 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +4.48 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Marsee 0-for-4 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.5 – 3.5 — actual was 1 – 8.

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.