ARCHIVE April 19, 2026
April 19, 2026 · AL West

Chicago White Sox vs Oakland Athletics

April 19, 2026Sutter Health ParkPartly Cloudy 74°F · 7 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Chicago White Sox
8-14
7
vs
HOME
Oakland Athletics
11-11
4

Starting pitchers

AWAY · CWS
Noah Schultz
Noah Schultz
IP 5
HOME · ATH
Jeffrey Springs
Jeffrey Springs
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · CWS
  1. 1 Chase Meidroth 2B
  2. 2 Miguel Vargas 3B
  3. 3 Munetaka Murakami 1B
  4. 4 Everson Pereira DH
  5. 5 Edgar Quero C
  6. 6 Colson Montgomery SS
  7. 7 Tanner Murray LF
  8. 8 Derek Hill RF
  9. 9 Luisangel Acuña CF
HOME · ATH
  1. 1 Jacob Wilson SS
  2. 2 Shea Langeliers C
  3. 3 Nick Kurtz 1B
  4. 4 Andy Ibáñez 2B
  5. 5 Max Muncy DH
  6. 6 Tyler Soderstrom LF
  7. 7 Darell Hernaiz 3B
  8. 8 Denzel Clarke CF
  9. 9 Zack Gelof RF

Box score

  123456789 R
CWS 130030000 7
ATH 010000300 4

Manager comparison

Both managers grade D- / C- entering this matchup.

AWAY · CWS
Will Venable
D- Lineup 3.2 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 1.1 R
HOME · ATH
Mark Kotsay
C- Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 1.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · CWS
6-4 L3 +9 run diff
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HOME · ATH
5-5 W2 -1 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with CWS 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 · Chicago White Sox
  • Manager lineup cost +0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.83 vs actual lineup 3.80
  • Player execution +3.20 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.80 projection by 3.20 (scored 7)
  • Game variance +3.17 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Hill HR from the 8-hole

HOME · Oakland Athletics
  • Manager lineup cost +0.00 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.93 vs actual lineup 3.93
  • Player execution +0.07 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.93 projection by 0.07 (scored 4)
  • Game variance +0.07 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Hernaiz HR from the 7-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.8 – 3.9 — actual was 7 – 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.