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April 19, 2026 · NL West

Toronto Blue Jays vs Arizona Diamondbacks

April 19, 2026Chase FieldRoof Closed 78°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Toronto Blue Jays
8-13
10
vs
HOME
Arizona Diamondbacks
13-9
4

Starting pitchers

AWAY · TOR
Kevin Gausman
Kevin Gausman
IP 6
HOME · AZ
Brandon Pfaadt
Brandon Pfaadt
IP 6.1

Lineups

AWAY · TOR
  1. 1 Nathan Lukes RF
  2. 2 Ernie Clement 2B
  3. 3 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B
  4. 4 Jesús Sánchez LF
  5. 5 Eloy Jiménez DH
  6. 6 Andrés Giménez SS
  7. 7 Kazuma Okamoto 3B
  8. 8 Myles Straw CF
  9. 9 Brandon Valenzuela C
HOME · AZ
  1. 1 Ketel Marte 2B
  2. 2 Corbin Carroll RF
  3. 3 Jose Fernandez SS
  4. 4 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF
  5. 5 Adrian Del Castillo DH
  6. 6 Ildemaro Vargas 1B
  7. 7 Nolan Arenado 3B
  8. 8 James McCann C
  9. 9 Alek Thomas CF

Box score

  123456789 R
TOR 801100000 10
AZ 010001200 4

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B / C- entering this matchup.

AWAY · TOR
John Schneider
B Lineup 0.3 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 1.3 R
HOME · AZ
Torey Lovullo
C- Lineup 2.0 R Bunts 2.1 R IBBs 0.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · TOR
5-5 W1 +8 run diff
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HOME · AZ
3-7 L2 -15 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with TOR 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 · Toronto Blue Jays
  • Manager lineup cost −0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.65 vs actual lineup 4.69
  • Player execution +5.31 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.69 projection by 5.31 (scored 10)
  • Game variance +5.35 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Okamoto HR from the 7-hole

HOME · Arizona Diamondbacks
  • Manager lineup cost +0.11 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.52 vs actual lineup 3.41
  • Player execution +0.59 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.41 projection by 0.59 (scored 4)
  • Game variance +0.48 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.7 – 3.5 — actual was 10 – 4.

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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.