ARCHIVE April 16, 2026
April 16, 2026 · NL West

Seattle Mariners vs San Diego Padres

April 16, 2026Petco ParkPartly Cloudy 66°F · 9 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Seattle Mariners
8-12
2
vs
HOME
San Diego Padres
13-6
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · SEA
Luis Castillo
Luis Castillo
IP 5.1
HOME · SD
Walker Buehler
Walker Buehler
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · SEA
  1. 1 Brendan Donovan 3B
  2. 2 Cal Raleigh C
  3. 3 Julio Rodríguez CF
  4. 4 Josh Naylor 1B
  5. 5 Randy Arozarena LF
  6. 6 Luke Raley RF
  7. 7 J.P. Crawford SS
  8. 8 Dominic Canzone DH
  9. 9 Cole Young 2B
HOME · SD
  1. 1 Ramón Laureano LF
  2. 2 Fernando Tatis Jr. RF
  3. 3 Jackson Merrill CF
  4. 4 Manny Machado 3B
  5. 5 Xander Bogaerts SS
  6. 6 Gavin Sheets 1B
  7. 7 Miguel Andujar DH
  8. 8 Luis Campusano C
  9. 9 Jake Cronenworth 2B

Box score

  123456789 R
SEA 000002000 2
SD 040000100 5

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B- / B entering this matchup.

AWAY · SEA
Dan Wilson
B- Lineup 1.3 R Bunts 0.2 R IBBs 0.8 R
HOME · SD
Craig Stammen
B Lineup 0.8 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.2 R

Recent form

AWAY · SEA
5-5 W2 +2 run diff
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HOME · SD
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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Season series: 0-3 with SEA 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 · Seattle Mariners
  • Manager lineup cost +0.17 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.95 vs actual lineup 4.78
  • Player execution −2.78 R/G Players fell 2.78 short of the lineup's 4.78 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −2.95 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Naylor 0-for-4 batting 4th

HOME · San Diego Padres
  • Manager lineup cost +0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.72 vs actual lineup 4.70
  • Player execution +0.30 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.70 projection by 0.30 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +0.28 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Andujar 2-for-4 from the 7-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 5.0 – 4.7 — actual was 2 – 5.

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.