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April 24, 2026 · NL Cent

Detroit Tigers vs Cincinnati Reds

April 24, 2026Great American Ball ParkOvercast 74°F · 10 mph, R To L
AWAY
Detroit Tigers
14-13
8
vs
HOME
Cincinnati Reds
17-9
9

Starting pitchers

AWAY · DET
Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
IP 4.1
HOME · CIN
Andrew Abbott
Andrew Abbott
IP 4

Lineups

AWAY · DET
  1. 1 Jahmai Jones RF
  2. 2 Gleyber Torres DH
  3. 3 Kevin McGonigle 3B
  4. 4 Matt Vierling CF
  5. 5 Dillon Dingler C
  6. 6 Riley Greene LF
  7. 7 Spencer Torkelson 1B
  8. 8 Hao-Yu Lee 2B
  9. 9 Javier Báez SS
HOME · CIN
  1. 1 Dane Myers CF
  2. 2 Matt McLain 2B
  3. 3 Elly De La Cruz SS
  4. 4 Sal Stewart 1B
  5. 5 Spencer Steer LF
  6. 6 Nathaniel Lowe DH
  7. 7 Tyler Stephenson C
  8. 8 Rece Hinds RF
  9. 9 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B

Box score

  123456789 R
DET 013100030 8
CIN 000021402 9

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · DET
A.J. Hinch
C- Lineup 2.7 R Bunts 0.2 R IBBs 0.1 R
HOME · CIN
Terry Francona
B- Lineup 0.9 R Bunts 0.8 R IBBs 0.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · DET
3-7 L4 -5 run diff
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HOME · CIN
1-9 L8 -46 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with DET 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 · Detroit Tigers
  • Manager lineup cost +0.13 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.94 vs actual lineup 4.80
  • Player execution +3.20 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.80 projection by 3.20 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +3.06 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Torkelson HR from the 7-hole

HOME · Cincinnati Reds
  • Manager lineup cost +0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.49 vs actual lineup 3.45
  • Player execution +5.55 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.45 projection by 5.55 (scored 9)
  • Game variance +5.51 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Stewart 0-for-4 batting 4th

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.9 – 3.5 — actual was 8 – 9.

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.