ARCHIVE April 14, 2026
April 14, 2026 · NL West

New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers

April 14, 2026UNIQLO Field at Dodger StadiumClear 65°F · 8 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
New York Mets
7-11
1
vs
HOME
Los Angeles Dodgers
13-4
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · NYM
Nolan McLean
Nolan McLean
IP 7
HOME · LAD
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
IP 7.2

Lineups

AWAY · NYM
  1. 1 Francisco Lindor SS
  2. 2 Luis Robert Jr. CF
  3. 3 Jorge Polanco DH
  4. 4 Bo Bichette 3B
  5. 5 Francisco Alvarez C
  6. 6 Brett Baty RF
  7. 7 Mark Vientos 1B
  8. 8 Marcus Semien 2B
  9. 9 Carson Benge LF
HOME · LAD
  1. 1 Shohei Ohtani DH
  2. 2 Kyle Tucker RF
  3. 3 Will Smith C
  4. 4 Freddie Freeman 1B
  5. 5 Teoscar Hernández LF
  6. 6 Max Muncy 3B
  7. 7 Andy Pages CF
  8. 8 Hyeseong Kim SS
  9. 9 Alex Freeland 2B

Box score

  123456789 R
NYM 100000000 1
LAD 100000010 2

Manager comparison

Both managers grade D+ / B entering this matchup.

AWAY · NYM
Carlos Mendoza
D+ Lineup 2.9 R Bunts 1.4 R IBBs 0.9 R
HOME · LAD
Dave Roberts
B Lineup 0.2 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 1.0 R

Recent form

AWAY · NYM
5-4 L1 +2 run diff
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HOME · LAD
5-5 W1 +16 run diff
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Season series: 0-3 with NYM 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 · New York Mets
  • Manager lineup cost +0.12 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.31 vs actual lineup 3.19
  • Player execution −2.19 R/G Players fell 2.19 short of the lineup's 3.19 projection (scored 1)
  • Game variance −2.31 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Jr. 0-for-4 batting 2nd

HOME · Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Manager lineup cost −0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.29 vs actual lineup 3.33
  • Player execution −1.33 R/G Players fell 1.33 short of the lineup's 3.33 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.29 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Ohtani 0-for-3 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.3 – 3.3 — actual was 1 – 2.

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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.