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April 12, 2026 · NL Cent

Washington Nationals vs Milwaukee Brewers

April 12, 2026American Family FieldRoof Closed 68°F · 0 mph, None
vs
HOME
Milwaukee Brewers
8-7
6

Starting pitchers

AWAY · WSH
Zack Littell
Zack Littell
IP 5
HOME · MIL
Brandon Woodruff
Brandon Woodruff
IP 6

Lineups

AWAY · WSH
  1. 1 James Wood RF
  2. 2 Luis García Jr. 1B
  3. 3 Brady House DH
  4. 4 Daylen Lile LF
  5. 5 CJ Abrams SS
  6. 6 Jacob Young CF
  7. 7 Jorbit Vivas 3B
  8. 8 Drew Millas C
  9. 9 Nasim Nuñez 2B
HOME · MIL
  1. 1 Brice Turang 2B
  2. 2 William Contreras C
  3. 3 Christian Yelich DH
  4. 4 Garrett Mitchell CF
  5. 5 Jake Bauers 1B
  6. 6 Sal Frelick RF
  7. 7 Brandon Lockridge LF
  8. 8 David Hamilton 3B
  9. 9 Joey Ortiz SS

Box score

  123456789 R
WSH 000200420 8
MIL 001110300 6

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C / B- entering this matchup.

AWAY · WSH
Blake Butera
C Lineup 1.6 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 1.4 R
HOME · MIL
Pat Murphy
B- Lineup 0.6 R Bunts 1.4 R IBBs 3.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · WSH
6-4 W3 +6 run diff
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HOME · MIL
6-3 W2 +33 run diff
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Season series: 4-2 with WSH listed first across 6 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 · Washington Nationals
  • Manager lineup cost +0.16 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.86 vs actual lineup 3.70
  • Player execution +4.30 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.70 projection by 4.30 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +4.14 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

HOME · Milwaukee Brewers
  • Manager lineup cost +0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.72 vs actual lineup 4.69
  • Player execution +1.31 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.69 projection by 1.31 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +1.28 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.9 – 4.7 — actual was 8 – 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.