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April 24, 2026 · NL Cent

Pittsburgh Pirates vs Milwaukee Brewers

April 24, 2026American Family FieldRoof Closed 71°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Pittsburgh Pirates
15-11
6
vs
HOME
Milwaukee Brewers
13-12
0

Starting pitchers

AWAY · PIT
Paul Skenes
Paul Skenes
IP 7
HOME · MIL
Brandon Woodruff
Brandon Woodruff
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · PIT
  1. 1 Oneil Cruz CF
  2. 2 Brandon Lowe 2B
  3. 3 Bryan Reynolds LF
  4. 4 Marcell Ozuna DH
  5. 5 Ryan O'Hearn RF
  6. 6 Nick Gonzales 3B
  7. 7 Spencer Horwitz 1B
  8. 8 Konnor Griffin SS
  9. 9 Henry Davis C
HOME · MIL
  1. 1 Brice Turang 2B
  2. 2 William Contreras C
  3. 3 Jake Bauers 1B
  4. 4 Tyler Black DH
  5. 5 Luis Rengifo 3B
  6. 6 Garrett Mitchell CF
  7. 7 Sal Frelick RF
  8. 8 Brandon Lockridge LF
  9. 9 David Hamilton SS

Box score

  123456789 R
PIT 001111020 6
MIL 000000000 0

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · PIT
Don Kelly
C- Lineup 2.3 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 0.8 R
HOME · MIL
Pat Murphy
B- Lineup 0.6 R Bunts 1.4 R IBBs 3.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · PIT
5-5 W2 +1 run diff
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HOME · MIL
6-3 W2 +33 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with PIT 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 · Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Manager lineup cost +0.10 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.86 vs actual lineup 3.76
  • Player execution +2.24 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.76 projection by 2.24 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +2.14 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Griffin HR from the 8-hole

HOME · Milwaukee Brewers
  • Manager lineup cost −0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.69 vs actual lineup 2.70
  • Player execution −2.70 R/G Players fell 2.70 short of the lineup's 2.70 projection (scored 0)
  • Game variance −2.69 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Turang 0-for-3 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.9 – 2.7 — actual was 6 – 0.

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.