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April 21, 2026 · NL West

Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants

April 21, 2026Oracle ParkCloudy 57°F · 14 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Los Angeles Dodgers
16-7
1
vs
HOME
San Francisco Giants
10-13
3

Starting pitchers

AWAY · LAD
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
IP 7
HOME · SF
Landen Roupp
Landen Roupp
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · LAD
  1. 1 Shohei Ohtani DH
  2. 2 Kyle Tucker RF
  3. 3 Freddie Freeman 1B
  4. 4 Teoscar Hernández LF
  5. 5 Max Muncy 3B
  6. 6 Dalton Rushing C
  7. 7 Hyeseong Kim SS
  8. 8 Alex Call CF
  9. 9 Alex Freeland 2B
HOME · SF
  1. 1 Willy Adames SS
  2. 2 Luis Arraez 2B
  3. 3 Matt Chapman 3B
  4. 4 Rafael Devers 1B
  5. 5 Casey Schmitt DH
  6. 6 Jung Hoo Lee RF
  7. 7 Heliot Ramos LF
  8. 8 Drew Gilbert CF
  9. 9 Patrick Bailey C

Box score

  123456789 R
LAD 000100000 1
SF 300000000 3

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B / B- entering this matchup.

AWAY · LAD
Dave Roberts
B Lineup 0.2 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 1.0 R
HOME · SF
Tony Vitello
B- Lineup 0.8 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 1.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · LAD
5-5 W1 +16 run diff
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HOME · SF
1-8 L2 -25 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with LAD 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 · Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Manager lineup cost −0.11 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.34 vs actual lineup 3.45
  • Player execution −2.45 R/G Players fell 2.45 short of the lineup's 3.45 projection (scored 1)
  • Game variance −2.34 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Tucker 0-for-4 batting 2nd

HOME · San Francisco Giants
  • Manager lineup cost +0.00 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.19 vs actual lineup 3.18
  • Player execution −0.18 R/G Players fell 0.18 short of the lineup's 3.18 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −0.19 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.3 – 3.2 — actual was 1 – 3.

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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.