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April 18, 2026 · AL East

Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox

April 18, 2026Fenway ParkCloudy 50°F · 9 mph, R To L
AWAY
Detroit Tigers
11-10
4
vs
HOME
Boston Red Sox
8-12
1

Starting pitchers

AWAY · DET
Tarik Skubal
Tarik Skubal
IP 6
HOME · BOS
Brayan Bello
Brayan Bello
IP 4

Lineups

AWAY · DET
  1. 1 Kevin McGonigle 3B
  2. 2 Gleyber Torres 2B
  3. 3 Colt Keith DH
  4. 4 Riley Greene LF
  5. 5 Spencer Torkelson 1B
  6. 6 Kerry Carpenter RF
  7. 7 Wenceel Pérez CF
  8. 8 Javier Báez SS
  9. 9 Jake Rogers C
HOME · BOS
  1. 1 Roman Anthony LF
  2. 2 Andruw Monasterio SS
  3. 3 Willson Contreras 1B
  4. 4 Trevor Story DH
  5. 5 Wilyer Abreu RF
  6. 6 Ceddanne Rafaela CF
  7. 7 Caleb Durbin 3B
  8. 8 Connor Wong C
  9. 9 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2B

Box score

  123456789 R
DET 100300000 4
BOS 000010000 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 +0.12 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.96 vs actual lineup 4.85
  • Player execution −0.84 R/G Players fell 0.84 short of the lineup's 4.85 projection (scored 4)
  • Game variance −0.96 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

HOME · Boston Red Sox
  • Manager lineup cost +0.13 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.17 vs actual lineup 3.04
  • Player execution −2.04 R/G Players fell 2.04 short of the lineup's 3.04 projection (scored 1)
  • Game variance −2.17 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Story 0-for-4 batting 4th

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 5.0 – 3.2 — 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.