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April 15, 2026 · NL Cent

Toronto Blue Jays vs Milwaukee Brewers

April 15, 2026American Family FieldRoof Closed 73°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Toronto Blue Jays
7-10
1
vs
HOME
Milwaukee Brewers
9-8
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · TOR
Dylan Cease
Dylan Cease
IP 6
HOME · MIL
Chad Patrick
Chad Patrick
IP 6.2

Lineups

AWAY · TOR
  1. 1 Nathan Lukes RF
  2. 2 Daulton Varsho CF
  3. 3 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B
  4. 4 Jesús Sánchez LF
  5. 5 Kazuma Okamoto DH
  6. 6 Ernie Clement 3B
  7. 7 Andrés Giménez SS
  8. 8 Lenyn Sosa 2B
  9. 9 Brandon Valenzuela C
HOME · MIL
  1. 1 Sal Frelick RF
  2. 2 William Contreras DH
  3. 3 Brice Turang 2B
  4. 4 Gary Sánchez C
  5. 5 Jake Bauers 1B
  6. 6 Brandon Lockridge LF
  7. 7 Garrett Mitchell CF
  8. 8 Joey Ortiz SS
  9. 9 David Hamilton 3B

Box score

  123456789 R
TOR 100000000 1
MIL 000000020 2

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B / B- entering this matchup.

AWAY · TOR
John Schneider
B Lineup 0.3 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 1.3 R
HOME · MIL
Pat Murphy
B- Lineup 0.6 R Bunts 1.4 R IBBs 3.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · TOR
5-5 W1 +8 run diff
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HOME · MIL
6-3 W2 +33 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with TOR 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 · Toronto Blue Jays
  • Manager lineup cost −0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.04 vs actual lineup 3.05
  • Player execution −2.05 R/G Players fell 2.05 short of the lineup's 3.05 projection (scored 1)
  • Game variance −2.04 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

HOME · Milwaukee Brewers
  • Manager lineup cost +0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.07 vs actual lineup 3.05
  • Player execution −1.05 R/G Players fell 1.05 short of the lineup's 3.05 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.07 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Frelick 0-for-4 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.0 – 3.1 — actual was 1 – 2.

Keep reading

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.