ARCHIVE April 18, 2026
April 18, 2026 · AL West

San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Angels

April 18, 2026Angel StadiumPartly Cloudy 75°F · 8 mph, R To L
AWAY
San Diego Padres
14-7
4
vs
HOME
Los Angeles Angels
11-11
1

Starting pitchers

AWAY · SD
Germán Márquez
Germán Márquez
IP 5.2
HOME · LAA
Yusei Kikuchi
Yusei Kikuchi
IP 6

Lineups

AWAY · SD
  1. 1 Ramón Laureano LF
  2. 2 Fernando Tatis Jr. RF
  3. 3 Jackson Merrill CF
  4. 4 Manny Machado 3B
  5. 5 Xander Bogaerts SS
  6. 6 Miguel Andujar DH
  7. 7 Ty France 1B
  8. 8 Freddy Fermin C
  9. 9 Jake Cronenworth 2B
HOME · LAA
  1. 1 Zach Neto SS
  2. 2 Mike Trout CF
  3. 3 Nolan Schanuel 1B
  4. 4 Jo Adell RF
  5. 5 Yoán Moncada DH
  6. 6 Oswald Peraza 3B
  7. 7 Josh Lowe LF
  8. 8 Logan O'Hoppe C
  9. 9 Adam Frazier 2B

Box score

  123456789 R
SD 000000022 4
LAA 000000010 1

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B / C entering this matchup.

AWAY · SD
Craig Stammen
B Lineup 0.8 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.2 R
HOME · LAA
Kurt Suzuki
C Lineup 1.4 R Bunts 2.0 R IBBs 2.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · SD
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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HOME · LAA
3-7 L1 -10 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with SD 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 · San Diego Padres
  • Manager lineup cost +0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.70 vs actual lineup 4.66
  • Player execution −0.66 R/G Players fell 0.66 short of the lineup's 4.66 projection (scored 4)
  • Game variance −0.70 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Merrill 0-for-5 batting 3rd

HOME · Los Angeles Angels
  • Manager lineup cost +0.08 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.98 vs actual lineup 3.90
  • Player execution −2.90 R/G Players fell 2.90 short of the lineup's 3.90 projection (scored 1)
  • Game variance −2.98 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Adell 0-for-3 batting 4th

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.7 – 4.0 — actual was 4 – 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.