ARCHIVE April 15, 2026
April 15, 2026 · NL West

New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers

April 15, 2026UNIQLO Field at Dodger StadiumPartly Cloudy 66°F · 7 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
New York Mets
7-12
2
vs
HOME
Los Angeles Dodgers
14-4
8

Starting pitchers

AWAY · NYM
Clay Holmes
Clay Holmes
IP 5
HOME · LAD
Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani
IP 6

Lineups

AWAY · NYM
  1. 1 Francisco Lindor SS
  2. 2 Luis Robert CF
  3. 3 Brett Baty 1B
  4. 4 Bo Bichette 3B
  5. 5 Francisco Alvarez C
  6. 6 Carson Benge RF
  7. 7 Marcus Semien 2B
  8. 8 MJ Melendez DH
  9. 9 Tommy Pham LF
HOME · LAD
  1. 1 Kyle Tucker RF
  2. 2 Freddie Freeman 1B
  3. 3 Will Smith C
  4. 4 Teoscar Hernández LF
  5. 5 Max Muncy 3B
  6. 6 Andy Pages CF
  7. 7 Dalton Rushing DH
  8. 8 Hyeseong Kim SS
  9. 9 Alex Freeland 2B

Box score

  123456789 R
NYM 000010001 2
LAD 020001050 8

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 +0.09 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.49 vs actual lineup 2.41
  • Player execution −0.41 R/G Players fell 0.41 short of the lineup's 2.41 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −0.49 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lindor 0-for-4 batting 1st

HOME · Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Manager lineup cost −0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.56 vs actual lineup 2.57
  • Player execution +5.43 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 2.57 projection by 5.43 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +5.44 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Rushing HR from the 7-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 2.5 – 2.6 — actual was 2 – 8.

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.