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

Boston Red Sox vs Minnesota Twins

April 14, 2026Target FieldPartly Cloudy 64°F · 4 mph, R To L
AWAY
Boston Red Sox
6-11
0
vs
HOME
Minnesota Twins
11-7
6

Starting pitchers

AWAY · BOS
Sonny Gray
Sonny Gray
IP 4
HOME · MIN
Mick Abel
Mick Abel
IP 7

Lineups

AWAY · BOS
  1. 1 Roman Anthony LF
  2. 2 Caleb Durbin 3B
  3. 3 Masataka Yoshida DH
  4. 4 Willson Contreras 1B
  5. 5 Wilyer Abreu RF
  6. 6 Trevor Story SS
  7. 7 Jarren Duran CF
  8. 8 Carlos Narváez C
  9. 9 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2B
HOME · MIN
  1. 1 Byron Buxton CF
  2. 2 Trevor Larnach LF
  3. 3 Luke Keaschall 2B
  4. 4 Josh Bell DH
  5. 5 Matt Wallner RF
  6. 6 Victor Caratini C
  7. 7 Kody Clemens 1B
  8. 8 Brooks Lee SS
  9. 9 Tristan Gray 3B

Box score

  123456789 R
BOS 000000000 0
MIN 101301000 6

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C- / B entering this matchup.

AWAY · BOS
Chad Tracy
C- Lineup 2.8 R Bunts 0.1 R IBBs 0.2 R Interim
HOME · MIN
Derek Shelton
B Lineup 0.8 R Bunts 0.5 R IBBs 0.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · BOS
5-5 W1 -3 run diff
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HOME · MIN
3-7 L3 -21 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with BOS 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 · Boston Red Sox
  • Manager lineup cost +0.10 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.78 vs actual lineup 3.68
  • Player execution −3.68 R/G Players fell 3.68 short of the lineup's 3.68 projection (scored 0)
  • Game variance −3.78 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Durbin 0-for-3 batting 2nd

HOME · Minnesota Twins
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.02 vs actual lineup 3.97
  • Player execution +2.03 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.97 projection by 2.03 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +1.98 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lee HR from the 8-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.8 – 4.0 — actual was 0 – 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.