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April 23, 2026 · NL Cent

Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs

April 23, 2026Wrigley FieldPartly Cloudy 68°F · 14 mph, R To L
AWAY
Philadelphia Phillies
8-17
7
vs
HOME
Chicago Cubs
16-9
8

Starting pitchers

AWAY · PHI
Cristopher Sánchez
Cristopher Sánchez
IP 5.1
HOME · CHC
Edward Cabrera
Edward Cabrera
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 Brandon Marsh RF
  6. 6 Bryson Stott 2B
  7. 7 Alec Bohm 3B
  8. 8 Justin Crawford CF
  9. 9 Garrett Stubbs 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 Carson Kelly C
  6. 6 Michael Busch 1B
  7. 7 Dansby Swanson SS
  8. 8 Matt Shaw CF
  9. 9 Miguel Amaya DH

Box score

  12345678910 R
PHI 0101003110 7
CHC 0131010101 8

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 +0.00 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.61 vs actual lineup 3.61
  • Player execution +3.39 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.61 projection by 3.39 (scored 7)
  • Game variance +3.39 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

García HR from the 9-hole

HOME · Chicago Cubs
  • Manager lineup cost +0.07 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.20 vs actual lineup 3.14
  • Player execution +4.86 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.14 projection by 4.86 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +4.80 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Hoerner 0-for-5 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.6 – 3.2 — actual was 7 – 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.