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April 18, 2026 · NL West

Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies

April 18, 2026Coors FieldPartly Cloudy 59°F · 6 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Los Angeles Dodgers
15-5
3
vs
HOME
Colorado Rockies
8-13
4

Starting pitchers

AWAY · LAD
Emmet Sheehan
Emmet Sheehan
IP 5
HOME · COL
Ryan Feltner
Ryan Feltner
IP 5.2

Lineups

AWAY · LAD
  1. 1 Shohei Ohtani DH
  2. 2 Kyle Tucker RF
  3. 3 Andy Pages CF
  4. 4 Freddie Freeman 1B
  5. 5 Teoscar Hernández LF
  6. 6 Max Muncy 3B
  7. 7 Dalton Rushing C
  8. 8 Alex Freeland 2B
  9. 9 Miguel Rojas SS
HOME · COL
  1. 1 Edouard Julien 2B
  2. 2 Mickey Moniak RF
  3. 3 TJ Rumfield DH
  4. 4 Hunter Goodman C
  5. 5 Ezequiel Tovar SS
  6. 6 Troy Johnston 1B
  7. 7 Brenton Doyle CF
  8. 8 Kyle Karros 3B
  9. 9 Jordan Beck LF

Box score

  123456789 R
LAD 210000000 3
COL 110002000 4

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B / C entering this matchup.

AWAY · LAD
Dave Roberts
B Lineup 0.2 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 1.0 R
HOME · COL
Warren Schaeffer
C Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 1.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · LAD
5-5 W1 +16 run diff
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HOME · COL
3-6 W2 -7 run diff
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Season series: 2-2 with LAD listed first across 4 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 · Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Manager lineup cost −0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 5.02 vs actual lineup 5.05
  • Player execution −2.05 R/G Players fell 2.05 short of the lineup's 5.05 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −2.02 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Rushing HR from the 7-hole

HOME · Colorado Rockies
  • Manager lineup cost −0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.30 vs actual lineup 4.32
  • Player execution −0.32 R/G Players fell 0.32 short of the lineup's 4.32 projection (scored 4)
  • Game variance −0.30 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Julien 0-for-3 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 5.0 – 4.3 — actual was 3 – 4.

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.