Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics
Starting pitchers
Lineups
- 1 Brandon Nimmo RF
- 2 Wyatt Langford CF
- 3 Jake Burger 1B
- 4 Josh Jung 3B
- 5 Kyle Higashioka C
- 6 Andrew McCutchen DH
- 7 Sam Haggerty LF
- 8 Josh Smith 2B
- 9 Ezequiel Duran SS
- 1 Jeff McNeil 2B
- 2 Shea Langeliers DH
- 3 Nick Kurtz 1B
- 4 Tyler Soderstrom LF
- 5 Jacob Wilson SS
- 6 Carlos Cortes RF
- 7 Lawrence Butler CF
- 8 Austin Wynns C
- 9 Darell Hernaiz 3B
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Manager comparison
Both managers grade B- / C- entering this matchup.
Recent form
Season series: 3-4 with TEX 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.
- Manager lineup cost +0.12 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.78 vs actual lineup 4.67
- Player execution +4.33 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.67 projection by 4.33 (scored 9)
- Game variance +4.22 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Duran 2-for-4 from the 9-hole
- Manager lineup cost +0.16 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 5.12 vs actual lineup 4.96
- Player execution +1.04 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.96 projection by 1.04 (scored 6)
- Game variance +0.88 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Butler 2-for-5 from the 7-hole
Optimal lineups projected 4.8 – 5.1 — actual was 9 – 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.