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April 24, 2026 · NL East

Colorado Rockies vs New York Mets

April 24, 2026Citi FieldClear 57°F · 8 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Colorado Rockies
11-16
4
vs
HOME
New York Mets
9-17
3

Starting pitchers

AWAY · COL
Michael Lorenzen
Michael Lorenzen
IP 7
HOME · NYM
Freddy Peralta
Freddy Peralta
IP 5.2

Lineups

AWAY · COL
  1. 1 Mickey Moniak DH
  2. 2 Hunter Goodman C
  3. 3 TJ Rumfield 1B
  4. 4 Tyler Freeman 2B
  5. 5 Troy Johnston RF
  6. 6 Kyle Karros 3B
  7. 7 Ezequiel Tovar SS
  8. 8 Jake McCarthy LF
  9. 9 Brenton Doyle CF
HOME · NYM
  1. 1 Bo Bichette 3B
  2. 2 Juan Soto DH
  3. 3 Francisco Alvarez C
  4. 4 Brett Baty RF
  5. 5 Mark Vientos 1B
  6. 6 Marcus Semien 2B
  7. 7 Carson Benge LF
  8. 8 Tyrone Taylor CF
  9. 9 Ronny Mauricio SS

Box score

  123456789 R
COL 000011200 4
NYM 010000020 3

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C / D+ entering this matchup.

AWAY · COL
Warren Schaeffer
C Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 1.9 R
HOME · NYM
Carlos Mendoza
D+ Lineup 2.9 R Bunts 1.4 R IBBs 0.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · COL
3-6 W2 -7 run diff
WWL?LLLLLW
HOME · NYM
5-4 L1 +2 run diff
LW?WWLWLLW

Season series: 4-2 with COL listed first across 8 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 · Colorado Rockies
  • Manager lineup cost −0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.74 vs actual lineup 3.75
  • Player execution +0.25 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.75 projection by 0.25 (scored 4)
  • Game variance +0.26 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Tovar 2-for-4 from the 7-hole

HOME · New York Mets
  • Manager lineup cost −0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.94 vs actual lineup 4.95
  • Player execution −1.95 R/G Players fell 1.95 short of the lineup's 4.95 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −1.94 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Mauricio 2-for-3 from the 9-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.7 – 4.9 — actual was 4 – 3.

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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.