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April 22, 2026 · NL Cent

Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs

April 22, 2026Wrigley FieldClear 56°F · 9 mph, In From CF
AWAY
Philadelphia Phillies
8-16
2
vs
HOME
Chicago Cubs
15-9
7

Starting pitchers

AWAY · PHI
Taijuan Walker
Taijuan Walker
IP 4
HOME · CHC
Matthew Boyd
Matthew Boyd
IP 4.2

Lineups

AWAY · PHI
  1. 1 Kyle Schwarber LF
  2. 2 Trea Turner SS
  3. 3 Bryce Harper DH
  4. 4 Felix Reyes 1B
  5. 5 Adolis García RF
  6. 6 Alec Bohm 3B
  7. 7 Edmundo Sosa 2B
  8. 8 Justin Crawford CF
  9. 9 Rafael Marchán C
HOME · CHC
  1. 1 Nico Hoerner 2B
  2. 2 Alex Bregman 3B
  3. 3 Ian Happ LF
  4. 4 Seiya Suzuki RF
  5. 5 Michael Busch 1B
  6. 6 Dansby Swanson SS
  7. 7 Moisés Ballesteros DH
  8. 8 Miguel Amaya C
  9. 9 Pete Crow-Armstrong CF

Box score

  123456789 R
PHI 020000000 2
CHC 112020010 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 +0.10 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.90 vs actual lineup 4.81
  • Player execution −2.81 R/G Players fell 2.81 short of the lineup's 4.81 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −2.90 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Schwarber 0-for-4 batting 1st

HOME · Chicago Cubs
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.85 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 +2.15 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Crow-Armstrong 3-for-4 from the 9-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.9 – 4.8 — actual was 2 – 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.