Los Angeles Angels vs Kansas City Royals
Starting pitchers
Lineups
- 1 Zach Neto SS
- 2 Mike Trout CF
- 3 Jo Adell RF
- 4 Jorge Soler DH
- 5 Oswald Peraza 3B
- 6 Nolan Schanuel 1B
- 7 Vaughn Grissom 2B
- 8 Logan O'Hoppe C
- 9 Bryce Teodosio LF
- 1 Nick Loftin 3B
- 2 Bobby Witt Jr. SS
- 3 Salvador Perez 1B
- 4 Lane Thomas CF
- 5 Starling Marte RF
- 6 Carter Jensen DH
- 7 Isaac Collins LF
- 8 Elias Díaz C
- 9 Michael Massey 2B
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Manager comparison
Both managers grade C / C entering this matchup.
Recent form
Season series: 0-3 with LAA 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.
- Manager lineup cost −0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.71 vs actual lineup 4.73
- Player execution −1.73 R/G Players fell 1.73 short of the lineup's 4.73 projection (scored 3)
- Game variance −1.71 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Grissom 2-for-4 from the 7-hole
- Manager lineup cost +0.15 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.78 vs actual lineup 4.62
- Player execution +1.38 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.62 projection by 1.38 (scored 6)
- Game variance +1.22 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Loftin 0-for-4 batting 1st
Optimal lineups projected 4.7 – 4.8 — actual was 3 – 6.
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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.