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April 22, 2026 · NL West

Chicago White Sox vs Arizona Diamondbacks

April 22, 2026Chase FieldClear 82°F · 9 mph, Varies
AWAY
Chicago White Sox
9-15
7
vs
HOME
Arizona Diamondbacks
14-10
11

Starting pitchers

AWAY · CWS
Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
IP 3.2
HOME · AZ
Eduardo Rodriguez
Eduardo Rodriguez
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · CWS
  1. 1 Chase Meidroth 2B
  2. 2 Miguel Vargas 3B
  3. 3 Munetaka Murakami 1B
  4. 4 Everson Pereira DH
  5. 5 Edgar Quero C
  6. 6 Colson Montgomery SS
  7. 7 Tanner Murray LF
  8. 8 Derek Hill RF
  9. 9 Luisangel Acuña CF
HOME · AZ
  1. 1 Ketel Marte 2B
  2. 2 Corbin Carroll RF
  3. 3 Geraldo Perdomo SS
  4. 4 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF
  5. 5 Jose Fernandez DH
  6. 6 Nolan Arenado 3B
  7. 7 Ildemaro Vargas 1B
  8. 8 James McCann C
  9. 9 Jorge Barrosa CF

Box score

  123456789 R
CWS 201101200 7
AZ 042202100 11

Manager comparison

Both managers grade D- / C- entering this matchup.

AWAY · CWS
Will Venable
D- Lineup 3.2 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 1.1 R
HOME · AZ
Torey Lovullo
C- Lineup 2.0 R Bunts 2.1 R IBBs 0.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · CWS
6-4 L3 +9 run diff
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HOME · AZ
3-7 L2 -15 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with CWS 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 · Chicago White Sox
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.19 vs actual lineup 3.14
  • Player execution +3.86 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.14 projection by 3.86 (scored 7)
  • Game variance +3.81 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

HOME · Arizona Diamondbacks
  • Manager lineup cost +0.08 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.86 vs actual lineup 4.77
  • Player execution +6.23 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.77 projection by 6.23 (scored 11)
  • Game variance +6.14 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Vargas HR from the 7-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.2 – 4.9 — actual was 7 – 11.

Keep reading

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.