ARCHIVE April 12, 2026
April 12, 2026 · NL West

Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres

April 12, 2026Petco ParkCloudy 67°F · 14 mph, L To R
AWAY
Colorado Rockies
6-10
2
vs
HOME
San Diego Padres
10-6
7

Starting pitchers

AWAY · COL
Valente Bellozo
Valente Bellozo
IP 4.1
HOME · SD
Nick Pivetta
Nick Pivetta
IP 3

Lineups

AWAY · COL
  1. 1 Edouard Julien 2B
  2. 2 Tyler Freeman RF
  3. 3 Mickey Moniak LF
  4. 4 Hunter Goodman DH
  5. 5 TJ Rumfield 1B
  6. 6 Ezequiel Tovar SS
  7. 7 Brenton Doyle CF
  8. 8 Brett Sullivan C
  9. 9 Kyle Karros 3B
HOME · SD
  1. 1 Ramón Laureano LF
  2. 2 Fernando Tatis Jr. 2B
  3. 3 Jackson Merrill CF
  4. 4 Manny Machado 3B
  5. 5 Xander Bogaerts SS
  6. 6 Nick Castellanos DH
  7. 7 Ty France 1B
  8. 8 Bryce Johnson RF
  9. 9 Freddy Fermin C

Box score

  123456789 R
COL 000020000 2
SD 110112100 7

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C / B entering this matchup.

AWAY · COL
Warren Schaeffer
C Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 1.9 R
HOME · SD
Craig Stammen
B Lineup 0.8 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.2 R

Recent form

AWAY · COL
3-6 W2 -7 run diff
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HOME · SD
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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Season series: 1-6 with COL listed first across 7 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 · Colorado Rockies
  • Manager lineup cost −0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.94 vs actual lineup 3.95
  • Player execution −1.95 R/G Players fell 1.95 short of the lineup's 3.95 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.94 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Freeman 0-for-4 batting 2nd

HOME · San Diego Padres
  • Manager lineup cost +0.11 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.72 vs actual lineup 4.61
  • Player execution +2.39 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.61 projection by 2.39 (scored 7)
  • Game variance +2.28 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

France HR from the 7-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.9 – 4.7 — actual was 2 – 7.

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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.