ARCHIVE April 19, 2026
April 19, 2026 · AL East

Detroit Tigers vs Boston Red Sox

April 19, 2026Fenway ParkOvercast 45°F · 10 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Detroit Tigers
12-10
6
vs
HOME
Boston Red Sox
8-13
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · DET
Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
IP 6
HOME · BOS
Garrett Crochet
Garrett Crochet
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · DET
  1. 1 Jahmai Jones DH
  2. 2 Gleyber Torres 2B
  3. 3 Matt Vierling CF
  4. 4 Dillon Dingler C
  5. 5 Riley Greene LF
  6. 6 Wenceel Pérez RF
  7. 7 Spencer Torkelson 1B
  8. 8 Hao-Yu Lee 3B
  9. 9 Javier Báez SS
HOME · BOS
  1. 1 Roman Anthony LF
  2. 2 Andruw Monasterio 1B
  3. 3 Willson Contreras DH
  4. 4 Trevor Story SS
  5. 5 Wilyer Abreu RF
  6. 6 Ceddanne Rafaela CF
  7. 7 Caleb Durbin 3B
  8. 8 Carlos Narváez C
  9. 9 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2B

Box score

  123456789 R
DET 100040001 6
BOS 100000001 2

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 +0.11 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.96 vs actual lineup 4.84
  • Player execution +1.16 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.84 projection by 1.16 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +1.04 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Báez 2-for-4 from the 9-hole

HOME · Boston Red Sox
  • Manager lineup cost +0.08 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.52 vs actual lineup 3.44
  • Player execution −1.44 R/G Players fell 1.44 short of the lineup's 3.44 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.52 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Anthony 0-for-3 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 5.0 – 3.5 — actual was 6 – 2.

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.