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April 19, 2026 · NL West

Los Angeles Dodgers vs Colorado Rockies

April 19, 2026Coors FieldSunny 65°F · 7 mph, R To L
AWAY
Los Angeles Dodgers
15-6
6
vs
HOME
Colorado Rockies
9-13
9

Starting pitchers

AWAY · LAD
Roki Sasaki
Roki Sasaki
IP 4.2
HOME · COL
Michael Lorenzen
Michael Lorenzen
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · LAD
  1. 1 Shohei Ohtani DH
  2. 2 Kyle Tucker RF
  3. 3 Will Smith C
  4. 4 Max Muncy 3B
  5. 5 Andy Pages CF
  6. 6 Alex Call LF
  7. 7 Ryan Ward 1B
  8. 8 Hyeseong Kim SS
  9. 9 Alex Freeland 2B
HOME · COL
  1. 1 Edouard Julien 2B
  2. 2 Mickey Moniak LF
  3. 3 Hunter Goodman C
  4. 4 Tyler Freeman DH
  5. 5 TJ Rumfield 1B
  6. 6 Troy Johnston RF
  7. 7 Willi Castro SS
  8. 8 Kyle Karros 3B
  9. 9 Jake McCarthy CF

Box score

  123456789 R
LAD 002101002 6
COL 000120330 9

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 −0.20 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.96 vs actual lineup 5.16
  • Player execution +0.84 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 5.16 projection by 0.84 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +1.04 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Ward 2-for-5 from the 7-hole

HOME · Colorado Rockies
  • Manager lineup cost +0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.73 vs actual lineup 4.71
  • Player execution +4.29 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.71 projection by 4.29 (scored 9)
  • Game variance +4.27 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Karros HR from the 8-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 5.0 – 4.7 — actual was 6 – 9.

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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.