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April 26, 2026 · NL East

Philadelphia Phillies vs Atlanta Braves

April 26, 2026Truist ParkPartly Cloudy 72°F · 5 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Philadelphia Phillies
9-19
2
vs
HOME
Atlanta Braves
20-9
6

Starting pitchers

AWAY · PHI
Aaron Nola
Aaron Nola
IP 4.2
HOME · ATL
Chris Sale
Chris Sale
IP 6

Lineups

AWAY · PHI
  1. 1 Trea Turner SS
  2. 2 Kyle Schwarber DH
  3. 3 Bryce Harper 1B
  4. 4 Felix Reyes LF
  5. 5 Adolis García RF
  6. 6 Alec Bohm 3B
  7. 7 Edmundo Sosa 2B
  8. 8 Dylan Moore CF
  9. 9 Rafael Marchán C
HOME · ATL
  1. 1 Ronald Acuña Jr. RF
  2. 2 Drake Baldwin C
  3. 3 Matt Olson 1B
  4. 4 Ozzie Albies 2B
  5. 5 Michael Harris II DH
  6. 6 Austin Riley 3B
  7. 7 Mauricio Dubón LF
  8. 8 Eli White CF
  9. 9 Jorge Mateo SS

Box score

  123456789 R
PHI 000000020 2
ATL 330000000 6

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · PHI
Don Mattingly
C- Lineup 2.2 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.7 R Interim
HOME · ATL
Walt Weiss
C+ Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 0.2 R

Recent form

AWAY · PHI
7-3 L2 +3 run diff
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HOME · ATL
7-3 L1 +18 run diff
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Season series: 1-5 with PHI listed first across 6 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 · Philadelphia Phillies
  • Manager lineup cost +0.09 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.87 vs actual lineup 2.78
  • Player execution −0.78 R/G Players fell 0.78 short of the lineup's 2.78 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −0.87 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Harper 0-for-4 batting 3rd

HOME · Atlanta Braves
  • Manager lineup cost +0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.83 vs actual lineup 4.81
  • Player execution +1.19 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.81 projection by 1.19 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +1.17 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

White HR from the 8-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 2.9 – 4.8 — actual was 2 – 6.

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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.