ARCHIVE April 25, 2026
April 25, 2026 · NL West

San Diego Padres vs Arizona Diamondbacks

April 25, 2026Estadio Alfredo Harp HeluPartly Cloudy 84°F · 11 mph, L To R
AWAY
San Diego Padres
18-8
6
vs
HOME
Arizona Diamondbacks
14-12
4

Starting pitchers

AWAY · SD
Germán Márquez
Germán Márquez
IP 6
HOME · AZ
Zac Gallen
Zac Gallen
IP 3

Lineups

AWAY · SD
  1. 1 Ramón Laureano LF
  2. 2 Fernando Tatis Jr. RF
  3. 3 Jackson Merrill CF
  4. 4 Manny Machado 3B
  5. 5 Xander Bogaerts SS
  6. 6 Gavin Sheets DH
  7. 7 Ty France 1B
  8. 8 Freddy Fermin C
  9. 9 Jake Cronenworth 2B
HOME · AZ
  1. 1 Geraldo Perdomo SS
  2. 2 Ketel Marte 2B
  3. 3 Corbin Carroll RF
  4. 4 Adrian Del Castillo C
  5. 5 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF
  6. 6 Ildemaro Vargas 1B
  7. 7 Nolan Arenado 3B
  8. 8 Jose Fernandez DH
  9. 9 Alek Thomas CF

Box score

  123456789 R
SD 000010401 6
AZ 040000000 4

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B / C- entering this matchup.

AWAY · SD
Craig Stammen
B Lineup 0.8 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.2 R
HOME · AZ
Torey Lovullo
C- Lineup 2.0 R Bunts 2.1 R IBBs 0.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · SD
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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HOME · AZ
3-7 L2 -15 run diff
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Season series: 1-1 with SD listed first across 2 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 · San Diego Padres
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.43 vs actual lineup 3.37
  • Player execution +2.63 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.37 projection by 2.63 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +2.58 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

France HR from the 7-hole

HOME · Arizona Diamondbacks
  • Manager lineup cost +0.11 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.86 vs actual lineup 4.75
  • Player execution −0.75 R/G Players fell 0.75 short of the lineup's 4.75 projection (scored 4)
  • Game variance −0.86 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Thomas HR from the 9-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.4 – 4.9 — actual was 6 – 4.

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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.