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April 21, 2026 · NL West

San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies

April 21, 2026Coors FieldCloudy 82°F · 8 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
San Diego Padres
16-7
1
vs
HOME
Colorado Rockies
9-15
0

Starting pitchers

AWAY · SD
Randy Vásquez
Randy Vásquez
IP 7
HOME · COL
Chase Dollander
Chase Dollander
IP 6

Lineups

AWAY · SD
  1. 1 Ramón Laureano LF
  2. 2 Fernando Tatis Jr. RF
  3. 3 Jackson Merrill CF
  4. 4 Manny Machado 3B
  5. 5 Xander Bogaerts SS
  6. 6 Gavin Sheets 1B
  7. 7 Miguel Andujar DH
  8. 8 Freddy Fermin C
  9. 9 Jake Cronenworth 2B
HOME · COL
  1. 1 Edouard Julien 2B
  2. 2 Mickey Moniak RF
  3. 3 Hunter Goodman C
  4. 4 TJ Rumfield DH
  5. 5 Troy Johnston 1B
  6. 6 Ezequiel Tovar SS
  7. 7 Kyle Karros 3B
  8. 8 Jordan Beck LF
  9. 9 Brenton Doyle CF

Box score

  123456789 R
SD 000001000 1
COL 000000000 0

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B / C entering this matchup.

AWAY · SD
Craig Stammen
B Lineup 0.8 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.2 R
HOME · COL
Warren Schaeffer
C Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 1.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · SD
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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HOME · COL
3-6 W2 -7 run diff
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Season series: 6-1 with SD 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 · San Diego Padres
  • Manager lineup cost +0.00 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.67 vs actual lineup 2.67
  • Player execution −1.67 R/G Players fell 1.67 short of the lineup's 2.67 projection (scored 1)
  • Game variance −1.67 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Laureano 0-for-4 batting 1st

HOME · Colorado Rockies
  • Manager lineup cost −0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.09 vs actual lineup 3.13
  • Player execution −3.13 R/G Players fell 3.13 short of the lineup's 3.13 projection (scored 0)
  • Game variance −3.09 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Rumfield 0-for-3 batting 4th

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 2.7 – 3.1 — actual was 1 – 0.

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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.