ARCHIVE April 17, 2026
April 17, 2026 · AL East

Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox

April 17, 2026Fenway ParkPartly Cloudy 58°F · 3 mph, R To L
AWAY
Detroit Tigers
10-10
0
vs
HOME
Boston Red Sox
8-11
1

Starting pitchers

AWAY · DET
Casey Mize
Casey Mize
IP 6.2
HOME · BOS
Ranger Suarez
Ranger Suarez
IP 8

Lineups

AWAY · DET
  1. 1 Gleyber Torres 2B
  2. 2 Kevin McGonigle SS
  3. 3 Jahmai Jones DH
  4. 4 Dillon Dingler C
  5. 5 Matt Vierling LF
  6. 6 Wenceel Pérez RF
  7. 7 Spencer Torkelson 1B
  8. 8 Hao-Yu Lee 3B
  9. 9 Javier Báez CF
HOME · BOS
  1. 1 Roman Anthony DH
  2. 2 Willson Contreras 1B
  3. 3 Wilyer Abreu RF
  4. 4 Trevor Story SS
  5. 5 Jarren Duran LF
  6. 6 Ceddanne Rafaela CF
  7. 7 Marcelo Mayer 2B
  8. 8 Caleb Durbin 3B
  9. 9 Connor Wong C

Box score

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DET 0000000000 0
BOS 0000000001 1

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C- / C- entering this matchup.

AWAY · DET
A.J. Hinch
C- Lineup 2.7 R Bunts 0.2 R IBBs 0.1 R
HOME · BOS
Chad Tracy
C- Lineup 2.8 R Bunts 0.1 R IBBs 0.2 R Interim

Recent form

AWAY · DET
3-7 L4 -5 run diff
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HOME · BOS
5-5 W1 -3 run diff
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Season series: 2-5 with DET 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 · Detroit Tigers
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.60 vs actual lineup 3.55
  • Player execution −3.55 R/G Players fell 3.55 short of the lineup's 3.55 projection (scored 0)
  • Game variance −3.60 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Torres 0-for-3 batting 1st

HOME · Boston Red Sox
  • Manager lineup cost +0.08 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.18 vs actual lineup 3.10
  • Player execution −2.10 R/G Players fell 2.10 short of the lineup's 3.10 projection (scored 1)
  • Game variance −2.18 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Anthony 0-for-4 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.6 – 3.2 — actual was 0 – 1.

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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.