ARCHIVE April 14, 2026
April 14, 2026 · AL Cent

Tampa Bay Rays vs Chicago White Sox

April 14, 2026Rate FieldPartly Cloudy 77°F · 21 mph, In From RF
AWAY
Tampa Bay Rays
9-7
8
vs
HOME
Chicago White Sox
6-11
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · TB
Shane McClanahan
Shane McClanahan
IP 5
HOME · CWS
Noah Schultz
Noah Schultz
IP 4.1

Lineups

AWAY · TB
  1. 1 Yandy Díaz DH
  2. 2 Jonathan Aranda 1B
  3. 3 Junior Caminero 3B
  4. 4 Ryan Vilade RF
  5. 5 Ben Williamson 2B
  6. 6 Chandler Simpson LF
  7. 7 Jonny DeLuca CF
  8. 8 Nick Fortes C
  9. 9 Taylor Walls SS
HOME · CWS
  1. 1 Miguel Vargas 3B
  2. 2 Chase Meidroth 2B
  3. 3 Munetaka Murakami 1B
  4. 4 Everson Pereira RF
  5. 5 Edgar Quero C
  6. 6 Colson Montgomery DH
  7. 7 Tanner Murray LF
  8. 8 Derek Hill CF
  9. 9 Luisangel Acuña SS

Box score

  123456789 R
TB 301002200 8
CWS 003000002 5

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B- / D- entering this matchup.

AWAY · TB
Kevin Cash
B- Lineup 0.9 R Bunts 2.4 R IBBs 2.1 R
HOME · CWS
Will Venable
D- Lineup 3.2 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 1.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · TB
8-2 L1 +17 run diff
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HOME · CWS
6-4 L3 +9 run diff
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Season series: 3-0 with TB 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 · Tampa Bay Rays
  • Manager lineup cost −0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.09 vs actual lineup 3.11
  • Player execution +4.89 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.11 projection by 4.89 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +4.92 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Caminero 0-for-3 batting 3rd

HOME · Chicago White Sox
  • Manager lineup cost +0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.55 vs actual lineup 3.50
  • Player execution +1.50 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.50 projection by 1.50 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +1.45 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Vargas 0-for-4 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.1 – 3.5 — actual was 8 – 5.

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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.