ARCHIVE April 15, 2026
April 15, 2026 · NL East

Chicago Cubs vs Philadelphia Phillies

April 15, 2026Citizens Bank ParkPartly Cloudy 86°F · 14 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Chicago Cubs
9-9
11
vs
HOME
Philadelphia Phillies
8-10
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · CHC
Shota Imanaga
Shota Imanaga
IP 6
HOME · PHI
Jesús Luzardo
Jesús Luzardo
IP 5.1

Lineups

AWAY · CHC
  1. 1 Nico Hoerner 2B
  2. 2 Alex Bregman 3B
  3. 3 Seiya Suzuki DH
  4. 4 Ian Happ LF
  5. 5 Michael Busch 1B
  6. 6 Dansby Swanson SS
  7. 7 Miguel Amaya C
  8. 8 Pete Crow-Armstrong CF
  9. 9 Matt Shaw RF
HOME · PHI
  1. 1 Trea Turner SS
  2. 2 Kyle Schwarber DH
  3. 3 Bryce Harper 1B
  4. 4 Adolis García RF
  5. 5 Edmundo Sosa 2B
  6. 6 J.T. Realmuto C
  7. 7 Alec Bohm 3B
  8. 8 Brandon Marsh CF
  9. 9 Otto Kemp LF

Box score

  123456789 R
CHC 003024101 11
PHI 100000001 2

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C / C- entering this matchup.

AWAY · CHC
Craig Counsell
C Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.3 R
HOME · PHI
Don Mattingly
C- Lineup 2.2 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.7 R Interim

Recent form

AWAY · CHC
10-0 W10 +27 run diff
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HOME · PHI
7-3 L2 +3 run diff
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Season series: 6-1 with CHC listed first across 7 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 · Chicago Cubs
  • Manager lineup cost −0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.85 vs actual lineup 4.86
  • Player execution +6.14 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.86 projection by 6.14 (scored 11)
  • Game variance +6.15 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Happ 0-for-4 batting 4th

HOME · Philadelphia Phillies
  • Manager lineup cost −0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.62 vs actual lineup 3.64
  • Player execution −1.64 R/G Players fell 1.64 short of the lineup's 3.64 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.62 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Schwarber 0-for-4 batting 2nd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.8 – 3.6 — actual was 11 – 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.