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

Milwaukee Brewers vs Miami Marlins

April 18, 2026loanDepot parkSunny 83°F · 10 mph, In From RF
AWAY
Milwaukee Brewers
12-8
5
vs
HOME
Miami Marlins
9-12
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · MIL
Brandon Woodruff
Brandon Woodruff
IP 7
HOME · MIA
Sandy Alcantara
Sandy Alcantara
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · MIL
  1. 1 Sal Frelick RF
  2. 2 William Contreras C
  3. 3 Brice Turang 2B
  4. 4 Gary Sánchez DH
  5. 5 Jake Bauers 1B
  6. 6 Luis Rengifo 3B
  7. 7 Garrett Mitchell CF
  8. 8 Brandon Lockridge LF
  9. 9 Joey Ortiz SS
HOME · MIA
  1. 1 Jakob Marsee CF
  2. 2 Xavier Edwards 2B
  3. 3 Agustín Ramírez DH
  4. 4 Liam Hicks C
  5. 5 Otto Lopez SS
  6. 6 Connor Norby 1B
  7. 7 Owen Caissie RF
  8. 8 Heriberto Hernández LF
  9. 9 Javier Sanoja 3B

Box score

  123456789 R
MIL 000122000 5
MIA 010000001 2

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · MIL
Pat Murphy
B- Lineup 0.6 R Bunts 1.4 R IBBs 3.1 R
HOME · MIA
Clayton McCullough
C+ Lineup 1.4 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · MIL
6-3 W2 +33 run diff
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HOME · MIA
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with MIL 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 · Milwaukee Brewers
  • Manager lineup cost +0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.44 vs actual lineup 3.43
  • Player execution +1.57 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.43 projection by 1.57 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +1.56 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Contreras 0-for-4 batting 2nd

HOME · Miami Marlins
  • Manager lineup cost +0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.87 vs actual lineup 3.84
  • Player execution −1.84 R/G Players fell 1.84 short of the lineup's 3.84 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.87 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Ramírez 0-for-4 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.4 – 3.9 — actual was 5 – 2.

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.