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April 21, 2026 · NL Cent

Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs

April 21, 2026Wrigley FieldPartly Cloudy 72°F · 3 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Philadelphia Phillies
8-15
4
vs
HOME
Chicago Cubs
14-9
7

Starting pitchers

AWAY · PHI
Jesús Luzardo
Jesús Luzardo
IP 4.2
HOME · CHC
Shota Imanaga
Shota Imanaga
IP 7

Lineups

AWAY · PHI
  1. 1 Trea Turner SS
  2. 2 Kyle Schwarber DH
  3. 3 Bryce Harper 1B
  4. 4 Felix Reyes LF
  5. 5 Adolis García RF
  6. 6 J.T. Realmuto C
  7. 7 Alec Bohm 3B
  8. 8 Brandon Marsh CF
  9. 9 Edmundo Sosa 2B
HOME · CHC
  1. 1 Nico Hoerner 2B
  2. 2 Alex Bregman DH
  3. 3 Ian Happ LF
  4. 4 Seiya Suzuki RF
  5. 5 Carson Kelly C
  6. 6 Michael Busch 1B
  7. 7 Dansby Swanson SS
  8. 8 Matt Shaw 3B
  9. 9 Pete Crow-Armstrong CF

Box score

  123456789 R
PHI 000001021 4
CHC 000012310 7

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C- / C entering this matchup.

AWAY · PHI
Don Mattingly
C- Lineup 2.2 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.7 R Interim
HOME · CHC
Craig Counsell
C Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.3 R

Recent form

AWAY · PHI
7-3 L2 +3 run diff
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HOME · CHC
10-0 W10 +27 run diff
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Season series: 1-6 with PHI 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 · Philadelphia Phillies
  • Manager lineup cost +0.14 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.66 vs actual lineup 3.52
  • Player execution +0.48 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.52 projection by 0.48 (scored 4)
  • Game variance +0.34 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Turner 0-for-4 batting 1st

HOME · Chicago Cubs
  • Manager lineup cost +0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.83 vs actual lineup 4.80
  • Player execution +2.20 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.80 projection by 2.20 (scored 7)
  • Game variance +2.17 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Crow-Armstrong 2-for-5 from the 9-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.7 – 4.8 — actual was 4 – 7.

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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.