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April 23, 2026 · AL Cent

Milwaukee Brewers vs Detroit Tigers

April 23, 2026Comerica ParkSunny 73°F · 7 mph, In From RF
AWAY
Milwaukee Brewers
13-11
4
vs
HOME
Detroit Tigers
14-12
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · MIL
Brandon Sproat
Brandon Sproat
IP 5.1
HOME · DET
Tarik Skubal
Tarik Skubal
IP 6

Lineups

AWAY · MIL
  1. 1 Brandon Lockridge LF
  2. 2 Brice Turang 2B
  3. 3 William Contreras DH
  4. 4 Gary Sánchez C
  5. 5 Luis Matos RF
  6. 6 Blake Perkins CF
  7. 7 Luis Rengifo 1B
  8. 8 Joey Ortiz SS
  9. 9 David Hamilton 3B
HOME · DET
  1. 1 Kevin McGonigle 3B
  2. 2 Gleyber Torres 2B
  3. 3 Colt Keith DH
  4. 4 Riley Greene LF
  5. 5 Dillon Dingler C
  6. 6 Kerry Carpenter RF
  7. 7 Spencer Torkelson 1B
  8. 8 Wenceel Pérez CF
  9. 9 Javier Báez SS

Box score

  123456789 R
MIL 000100300 4
DET 200001011 5

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · MIL
Pat Murphy
B- Lineup 0.6 R Bunts 1.4 R IBBs 3.1 R
HOME · DET
A.J. Hinch
C- Lineup 2.7 R Bunts 0.2 R IBBs 0.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · MIL
6-3 W2 +33 run diff
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HOME · DET
3-7 L4 -5 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with MIL 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 · Milwaukee Brewers
  • Manager lineup cost −0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.02 vs actual lineup 3.05
  • Player execution +0.95 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.05 projection by 0.95 (scored 4)
  • Game variance +0.98 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Turang 0-for-4 batting 2nd

HOME · Detroit Tigers
  • Manager lineup cost +0.13 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.92 vs actual lineup 4.79
  • Player execution +0.21 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.79 projection by 0.21 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +0.08 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Torkelson HR from the 7-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.0 – 4.9 — actual was 4 – 5.

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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.