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April 12, 2026 · NL Cent

Los Angeles Angels vs Cincinnati Reds

April 12, 2026Great American Ball ParkPartly Cloudy 79°F · 13 mph, In From RF
AWAY
Los Angeles Angels
8-8
9
vs
HOME
Cincinnati Reds
9-7
6

Starting pitchers

AWAY · LAA
José Soriano
José Soriano
IP 7
HOME · CIN
Andrew Abbott
Andrew Abbott
IP 3

Lineups

AWAY · LAA
  1. 1 Zach Neto SS
  2. 2 Mike Trout CF
  3. 3 Jo Adell RF
  4. 4 Jorge Soler DH
  5. 5 Vaughn Grissom 2B
  6. 6 Nolan Schanuel 1B
  7. 7 Logan O'Hoppe C
  8. 8 Oswald Peraza 3B
  9. 9 Bryce Teodosio LF
HOME · 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 3B
  6. 6 Nathaniel Lowe DH
  7. 7 Spencer Steer LF
  8. 8 Noelvi Marte RF
  9. 9 P.J. Higgins C

Box score

  123456789 R
LAA 320200110 9
CIN 000000033 6

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C / B- entering this matchup.

AWAY · LAA
Kurt Suzuki
C Lineup 1.4 R Bunts 2.0 R IBBs 2.1 R
HOME · CIN
Terry Francona
B- Lineup 0.9 R Bunts 0.8 R IBBs 0.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · LAA
3-7 L1 -10 run diff
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HOME · CIN
1-9 L8 -46 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with LAA listed first across 3 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 · Los Angeles Angels
  • Manager lineup cost −0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.66 vs actual lineup 4.67
  • Player execution +4.33 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.67 projection by 4.33 (scored 9)
  • Game variance +4.34 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Peraza HR from the 8-hole

HOME · Cincinnati Reds
  • Manager lineup cost −0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.38 vs actual lineup 2.41
  • Player execution +3.59 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 2.41 projection by 3.59 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +3.62 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Friedl 0-for-3 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.7 – 2.4 — actual was 9 – 6.

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.