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April 26, 2026 · AL West

Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers

April 26, 2026Globe Life FieldRoof Closed 74°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Oakland Athletics
15-13
2
vs
HOME
Texas Rangers
14-14
1

Starting pitchers

AWAY · ATH
J.T. Ginn
J.T. Ginn
IP 3.1
HOME · TEX
Kumar Rocker
Kumar Rocker
IP 6

Lineups

AWAY · ATH
  1. 1 Nick Kurtz 1B
  2. 2 Shea Langeliers C
  3. 3 Tyler Soderstrom LF
  4. 4 Brent Rooker DH
  5. 5 Carlos Cortes RF
  6. 6 Jacob Wilson SS
  7. 7 Jeff McNeil 2B
  8. 8 Lawrence Butler CF
  9. 9 Darell Hernaiz 3B
HOME · TEX
  1. 1 Brandon Nimmo RF
  2. 2 Joc Pederson DH
  3. 3 Corey Seager SS
  4. 4 Josh Jung 3B
  5. 5 Evan Carter CF
  6. 6 Jake Burger 1B
  7. 7 Josh Smith 2B
  8. 8 Danny Jansen C
  9. 9 Alejandro Osuna LF

Box score

  123456789 R
ATH 200000000 2
TEX 000001000 1

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · ATH
Mark Kotsay
C- Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 1.1 R
HOME · TEX
Skip Schumaker
B- Lineup 1.0 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 0.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · ATH
5-5 W2 -1 run diff
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HOME · TEX
3-7 L2 -20 run diff
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Season series: 4-3 with ATH listed first across 7 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 · Oakland Athletics
  • Manager lineup cost +0.00 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.70 vs actual lineup 3.70
  • Player execution −1.70 R/G Players fell 1.70 short of the lineup's 3.70 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.70 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Rooker 0-for-4 batting 4th

HOME · Texas Rangers
  • Manager lineup cost +0.00 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.46 vs actual lineup 3.46
  • Player execution −2.46 R/G Players fell 2.46 short of the lineup's 3.46 projection (scored 1)
  • Game variance −2.46 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Seager 0-for-5 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.7 – 3.5 — actual was 2 – 1.

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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.