Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
Starting pitchers
Lineups
- 1 Chase Meidroth 2B
- 2 Munetaka Murakami 1B
- 3 Miguel Vargas 3B
- 4 Colson Montgomery SS
- 5 Andrew Benintendi DH
- 6 Dustin Harris LF
- 7 Edgar Quero C
- 8 Luisangel Acuña CF
- 9 Tristan Peters RF
- 1 Maikel Garcia 3B
- 2 Bobby Witt SS
- 3 Vinnie Pasquantino 1B
- 4 Salvador Perez C
- 5 Lane Thomas RF
- 6 Jac Caglianone DH
- 7 Jonathan India 2B
- 8 Isaac Collins LF
- 9 Kyle Isbel CF
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Manager comparison
Both managers grade D- / C entering this matchup.
Recent form
Season series: 2-2 with CWS 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.
- Manager lineup cost +0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.20 vs actual lineup 3.17
- Player execution −1.17 R/G Players fell 1.17 short of the lineup's 3.17 projection (scored 2)
- Game variance −1.20 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Vargas 0-for-3 batting 3rd
- Manager lineup cost +0.16 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.83 vs actual lineup 4.67
- Player execution −4.67 R/G Players fell 4.67 short of the lineup's 4.67 projection (scored 0)
- Game variance −4.83 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Pasquantino 0-for-4 batting 3rd
Optimal lineups projected 3.2 – 4.8 — actual was 2 – 0.
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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.