ARCHIVE April 12, 2026
April 12, 2026 · AL Cent

Miami Marlins vs Detroit Tigers

April 12, 2026Comerica ParkPartly Cloudy 62°F · 13 mph, In From RF
AWAY
Miami Marlins
8-8
2
vs
HOME
Detroit Tigers
7-9
8

Starting pitchers

AWAY · MIA
Sandy Alcantara
Sandy Alcantara
IP 6
HOME · DET
Tarik Skubal
Tarik Skubal
IP 6.2

Lineups

AWAY · MIA
  1. 1 Austin Slater RF
  2. 2 Agustín Ramírez C
  3. 3 Jakob Marsee CF
  4. 4 Otto Lopez SS
  5. 5 Heriberto Hernandez LF
  6. 6 Connor Norby 1B
  7. 7 Xavier Edwards 2B
  8. 8 Deyvison De Los Santos DH
  9. 9 Javier Sanoja 3B
HOME · DET
  1. 1 Kevin McGonigle SS
  2. 2 Gleyber Torres 2B
  3. 3 Colt Keith DH
  4. 4 Riley Greene LF
  5. 5 Dillon Dingler C
  6. 6 Kerry Carpenter RF
  7. 7 Spencer Torkelson 1B
  8. 8 Zach McKinstry 3B
  9. 9 Javier Báez CF

Box score

  123456789 R
MIA 000000101 2
DET 300013010 8

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C+ / C- entering this matchup.

AWAY · MIA
Clayton McCullough
C+ Lineup 1.4 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.6 R
HOME · DET
A.J. Hinch
C- Lineup 2.7 R Bunts 0.2 R IBBs 0.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · MIA
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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HOME · DET
3-7 L4 -5 run diff
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Season series: 0-3 with MIA 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 · Miami Marlins
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.16 vs actual lineup 3.11
  • Player execution −1.11 R/G Players fell 1.11 short of the lineup's 3.11 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.16 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Ramírez 0-for-4 batting 2nd

HOME · Detroit Tigers
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.57 vs actual lineup 3.52
  • Player execution +4.48 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.52 projection by 4.48 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +4.43 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.2 – 3.6 — actual was 2 – 8.

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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.

Read the full methodology.