ARCHIVE April 18, 2026
April 18, 2026 · NL East

Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies

April 18, 2026Citizens Bank ParkPartly Cloudy 67°F · 13 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Atlanta Braves
14-7
3
vs
HOME
Philadelphia Phillies
8-12
1

Starting pitchers

AWAY · ATL
Chris Sale
Chris Sale
IP 7
HOME · PHI
Cristopher Sánchez
Cristopher Sánchez
IP 6

Lineups

AWAY · ATL
  1. 1 Ronald Acuña Jr. RF
  2. 2 Drake Baldwin DH
  3. 3 Ozzie Albies 2B
  4. 4 Matt Olson 1B
  5. 5 Austin Riley 3B
  6. 6 Mauricio Dubón LF
  7. 7 Eli White CF
  8. 8 Jonah Heim C
  9. 9 Jorge Mateo SS
HOME · PHI
  1. 1 Trea Turner SS
  2. 2 Kyle Schwarber DH
  3. 3 Bryce Harper 1B
  4. 4 Adolis García RF
  5. 5 J.T. Realmuto C
  6. 6 Alec Bohm 3B
  7. 7 Felix Reyes LF
  8. 8 Edmundo Sosa 2B
  9. 9 Brandon Marsh CF

Box score

  123456789 R
ATL 003000000 3
PHI 010000000 1

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · ATL
Walt Weiss
C+ Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 0.2 R
HOME · PHI
Don Mattingly
C- Lineup 2.2 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.7 R Interim

Recent form

AWAY · ATL
7-3 L1 +18 run diff
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HOME · PHI
7-3 L2 +3 run diff
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Season series: 5-1 with ATL listed first across 6 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 · Atlanta Braves
  • Manager lineup cost +0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.16 vs actual lineup 3.12
  • Player execution −0.12 R/G Players fell 0.12 short of the lineup's 3.12 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −0.16 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Heim 2-for-4 from the 8-hole

HOME · Philadelphia Phillies
  • Manager lineup cost +0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.85 vs actual lineup 2.81
  • Player execution −1.81 R/G Players fell 1.81 short of the lineup's 2.81 projection (scored 1)
  • Game variance −1.85 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Reyes HR from the 7-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.2 – 2.9 — actual was 3 – 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.