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April 26, 2026 · NL Cent

Seattle Mariners vs St. Louis Cardinals

April 26, 2026Busch StadiumSunny 77°F · 9 mph, R To L
AWAY
Seattle Mariners
14-15
3
vs
HOME
St. Louis Cardinals
14-13
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · SEA
Emerson Hancock
Emerson Hancock
IP 6
HOME · STL
Michael McGreevy
Michael McGreevy
IP 6

Lineups

AWAY · SEA
  1. 1 J.P. Crawford SS
  2. 2 Cal Raleigh C
  3. 3 Julio Rodríguez CF
  4. 4 Randy Arozarena LF
  5. 5 Luke Raley RF
  6. 6 Dominic Canzone DH
  7. 7 Connor Joe 1B
  8. 8 Cole Young 2B
  9. 9 Leo Rivas 3B
HOME · STL
  1. 1 JJ Wetherholt 2B
  2. 2 Iván Herrera C
  3. 3 Alec Burleson 1B
  4. 4 Jordan Walker RF
  5. 5 Nolan Gorman DH
  6. 6 Masyn Winn SS
  7. 7 Nathan Church LF
  8. 8 Ramón Urías 3B
  9. 9 Victor Scott II CF

Box score

  123456789 R
SEA 000100101 3
STL 001001000 2

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · SEA
Dan Wilson
B- Lineup 1.3 R Bunts 0.2 R IBBs 0.8 R
HOME · STL
Oliver Marmol
B- Lineup 1.2 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 0.3 R

Recent form

AWAY · SEA
5-5 W2 +2 run diff
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HOME · STL
7-2 W1 +13 run diff
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Season series: 3-0 with SEA 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 · Seattle Mariners
  • Manager lineup cost +0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.25 vs actual lineup 3.22
  • Player execution −0.22 R/G Players fell 0.22 short of the lineup's 3.22 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −0.25 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Crawford 0-for-4 batting 1st

HOME · St. Louis Cardinals
  • Manager lineup cost −0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.17 vs actual lineup 3.20
  • Player execution −1.20 R/G Players fell 1.20 short of the lineup's 3.20 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.17 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Church HR from the 7-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.3 – 3.2 — actual was 3 – 2.

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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.