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April 26, 2026 · AL Cent

Washington Nationals vs Chicago White Sox

April 26, 2026Rate FieldPartly Cloudy 55°F · 3 mph, L To R
AWAY
Washington Nationals
13-16
2
vs
HOME
Chicago White Sox
11-17
1

Starting pitchers

AWAY · WSH
Foster Griffin
Foster Griffin
IP 7
HOME · CWS
Sean Burke
Sean Burke
IP 7.1

Lineups

AWAY · WSH
  1. 1 James Wood RF
  2. 2 Curtis Mead 1B
  3. 3 Daylen Lile LF
  4. 4 Brady House 3B
  5. 5 CJ Abrams SS
  6. 6 Jacob Young CF
  7. 7 Luis García Jr. DH
  8. 8 Nasim Nuñez 2B
  9. 9 Drew Millas C
HOME · CWS
  1. 1 Chase Meidroth 2B
  2. 2 Miguel Vargas 3B
  3. 3 Munetaka Murakami 1B
  4. 4 Everson Pereira DH
  5. 5 Colson Montgomery SS
  6. 6 Tanner Murray LF
  7. 7 Derek Hill RF
  8. 8 Drew Romo C
  9. 9 Luisangel Acuña CF

Box score

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WSH 0000000002 2
CWS 0000000001 1

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C / D- entering this matchup.

AWAY · WSH
Blake Butera
C Lineup 1.6 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 1.4 R
HOME · CWS
Will Venable
D- Lineup 3.2 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 1.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · WSH
6-4 W3 +6 run diff
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HOME · CWS
6-4 L3 +9 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with WSH 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 · Washington Nationals
  • Manager lineup cost −0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.16 vs actual lineup 3.18
  • Player execution −1.18 R/G Players fell 1.18 short of the lineup's 3.18 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.16 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Mead 0-for-4 batting 2nd

HOME · Chicago White Sox
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.81 vs actual lineup 2.77
  • Player execution −1.77 R/G Players fell 1.77 short of the lineup's 2.77 projection (scored 1)
  • Game variance −1.81 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Vargas 0-for-4 batting 2nd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.2 – 2.8 — 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.