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April 20, 2026 · NL East

St. Louis Cardinals vs Miami Marlins

April 20, 2026loanDepot parkRoof Closed 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
St. Louis Cardinals
13-9
3
vs
HOME
Miami Marlins
11-12
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · STL
Michael McGreevy
Michael McGreevy
IP 5.2
HOME · MIA
Max Meyer
Max Meyer
IP 5.1

Lineups

AWAY · STL
  1. 1 JJ Wetherholt 2B
  2. 2 Iván Herrera C
  3. 3 Alec Burleson 1B
  4. 4 Jordan Walker RF
  5. 5 Nolan Gorman DH
  6. 6 Masyn Winn SS
  7. 7 Ramón Urías 3B
  8. 8 Thomas Saggese LF
  9. 9 Victor Scott II CF
HOME · MIA
  1. 1 Jakob Marsee CF
  2. 2 Kyle Stowers LF
  3. 3 Otto Lopez SS
  4. 4 Xavier Edwards 2B
  5. 5 Liam Hicks DH
  6. 6 Agustín Ramírez C
  7. 7 Owen Caissie RF
  8. 8 Graham Pauley 3B
  9. 9 Connor Norby 1B

Box score

  123456789 R
STL 000101001 3
MIA 000112010 5

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B- / C+ entering this matchup.

AWAY · STL
Oliver Marmol
B- Lineup 1.2 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 0.3 R
HOME · MIA
Clayton McCullough
C+ Lineup 1.4 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · STL
7-2 W1 +13 run diff
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HOME · MIA
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with STL 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 · St. Louis Cardinals
  • Manager lineup cost +0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.50 vs actual lineup 3.48
  • Player execution −0.48 R/G Players fell 0.48 short of the lineup's 3.48 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −0.50 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Wetherholt 0-for-3 batting 1st

HOME · Miami Marlins
  • Manager lineup cost +0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.21 vs actual lineup 3.20
  • Player execution +1.80 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.20 projection by 1.80 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +1.79 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Marsee 0-for-3 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.5 – 3.2 — actual was 3 – 5.

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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.