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April 22, 2026 · NL West

San Diego Padres vs Colorado Rockies

April 22, 2026Coors FieldClear 78°F · 11 mph, L To R
AWAY
San Diego Padres
16-8
3
vs
HOME
Colorado Rockies
10-15
8

Starting pitchers

AWAY · SD
Walker Buehler
Walker Buehler
IP 2.2
HOME · COL
Tomoyuki Sugano
Tomoyuki Sugano
IP 5.2

Lineups

AWAY · SD
  1. 1 Ramón Laureano LF
  2. 2 Fernando Tatis RF
  3. 3 Jackson Merrill CF
  4. 4 Manny Machado 3B
  5. 5 Xander Bogaerts SS
  6. 6 Gavin Sheets DH
  7. 7 Nick Castellanos 1B
  8. 8 Luis Campusano C
  9. 9 Jake Cronenworth 2B
HOME · COL
  1. 1 Edouard Julien 2B
  2. 2 Mickey Moniak LF
  3. 3 Hunter Goodman C
  4. 4 Tyler Freeman DH
  5. 5 TJ Rumfield 1B
  6. 6 Troy Johnston RF
  7. 7 Kyle Karros 3B
  8. 8 Willi Castro SS
  9. 9 Jake McCarthy CF

Box score

  123456789 R
SD 100000101 3
COL 040101110 8

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 −0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.08 vs actual lineup 3.11
  • Player execution −0.11 R/G Players fell 0.11 short of the lineup's 3.11 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −0.08 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Campusano HR from the 8-hole

HOME · Colorado Rockies
  • Manager lineup cost +0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.74 vs actual lineup 4.72
  • Player execution +3.28 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.72 projection by 3.28 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +3.26 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Castro 2-for-3 from the 8-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.1 – 4.7 — actual was 3 – 8.

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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.