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April 21, 2026 · AL West

Toronto Blue Jays vs Los Angeles Angels

April 21, 2026Angel StadiumPartly Cloudy 67°F · 9 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Toronto Blue Jays
10-13
4
vs
HOME
Los Angeles Angels
11-14
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · TOR
Patrick Corbin
Patrick Corbin
IP 5
HOME · LAA
Jack Kochanowicz
Jack Kochanowicz
IP 5.2

Lineups

AWAY · TOR
  1. 1 Nathan Lukes LF
  2. 2 Ernie Clement 2B
  3. 3 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B
  4. 4 Jesús Sánchez RF
  5. 5 Eloy Jiménez DH
  6. 6 Daulton Varsho CF
  7. 7 Kazuma Okamoto 3B
  8. 8 Andrés Giménez SS
  9. 9 Brandon Valenzuela C
HOME · LAA
  1. 1 Zach Neto SS
  2. 2 Mike Trout CF
  3. 3 Jo Adell RF
  4. 4 Jorge Soler DH
  5. 5 Oswald Peraza 3B
  6. 6 Nolan Schanuel 1B
  7. 7 Vaughn Grissom 2B
  8. 8 Logan O'Hoppe C
  9. 9 Bryce Teodosio LF

Box score

  123456789 R
TOR 000001030 4
LAA 000010001 2

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 · LAA
Kurt Suzuki
C Lineup 1.4 R Bunts 2.0 R IBBs 2.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · TOR
5-5 W1 +8 run diff
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HOME · LAA
3-7 L1 -10 run diff
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Season series: 3-1 with TOR 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 · Toronto Blue Jays
  • Manager lineup cost −0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.36 vs actual lineup 3.39
  • Player execution +0.61 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.39 projection by 0.61 (scored 4)
  • Game variance +0.64 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

HOME · Los Angeles Angels
  • Manager lineup cost +0.10 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.81 vs actual lineup 3.71
  • Player execution −1.71 R/G Players fell 1.71 short of the lineup's 3.71 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.81 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Neto 0-for-4 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.4 – 3.8 — actual was 4 – 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.