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April 14, 2026 · NL Cent

Cleveland Guardians vs St. Louis Cardinals

April 14, 2026Busch StadiumClear 84°F · 15 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Cleveland Guardians
10-8
5
vs
HOME
St. Louis Cardinals
9-8
6

Starting pitchers

AWAY · CLE
Joey Cantillo
Joey Cantillo
IP 6
HOME · STL
Michael McGreevy
Michael McGreevy
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · CLE
  1. 1 Steven Kwan CF
  2. 2 Chase DeLauter DH
  3. 3 José Ramírez 3B
  4. 4 Kyle Manzardo 1B
  5. 5 George Valera RF
  6. 6 Angel Martínez LF
  7. 7 Daniel Schneemann 2B
  8. 8 Bo Naylor C
  9. 9 Brayan Rocchio SS
HOME · STL
  1. 1 JJ Wetherholt 2B
  2. 2 Iván Herrera C
  3. 3 Alec Burleson 1B
  4. 4 Jordan Walker RF
  5. 5 Ramón Urías 3B
  6. 6 Masyn Winn SS
  7. 7 Yohel Pozo DH
  8. 8 Thomas Saggese LF
  9. 9 Victor Scott II CF

Box score

  12345678910 R
CLE 1100000300 5
STL 1010000211 6

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · CLE
Stephen Vogt
C+ Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 0.4 R
HOME · STL
Oliver Marmol
B- Lineup 1.2 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 0.3 R

Recent form

AWAY · CLE
6-4 W3 +7 run diff
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HOME · STL
7-2 W1 +13 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with CLE 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 · Cleveland Guardians
  • Manager lineup cost +0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.14 vs actual lineup 3.11
  • Player execution +1.89 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.11 projection by 1.89 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +1.86 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Schneemann HR from the 7-hole

HOME · St. Louis Cardinals
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.20 vs actual lineup 3.15
  • Player execution +2.85 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.15 projection by 2.85 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +2.80 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.1 – 3.2 — actual was 5 – 6.

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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.