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April 26, 2026 · NL Cent

Pittsburgh Pirates vs Milwaukee Brewers

April 26, 2026American Family FieldRoof Closed 62°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Pittsburgh Pirates
16-12
0
vs
HOME
Milwaukee Brewers
14-13
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · PIT
Carmen Mlodzinski
Carmen Mlodzinski
IP 3.2
HOME · MIL
Kyle Harrison
Kyle Harrison
IP 6

Lineups

AWAY · PIT
  1. 1 Jake Mangum LF
  2. 2 Nick Gonzales 2B
  3. 3 Bryan Reynolds RF
  4. 4 Marcell Ozuna DH
  5. 5 Ryan O'Hearn 1B
  6. 6 Nick Yorke 3B
  7. 7 Konnor Griffin SS
  8. 8 Joey Bart C
  9. 9 Billy Cook CF
HOME · MIL
  1. 1 Brice Turang 2B
  2. 2 William Contreras C
  3. 3 Jake Bauers 1B
  4. 4 Gary Sánchez DH
  5. 5 Garrett Mitchell CF
  6. 6 Sal Frelick RF
  7. 7 Luis Rengifo 3B
  8. 8 David Hamilton SS
  9. 9 Brandon Lockridge LF

Box score

  123456789 R
PIT 000000000 0
MIL 000500000 5

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · PIT
Don Kelly
C- Lineup 2.3 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 0.8 R
HOME · MIL
Pat Murphy
B- Lineup 0.6 R Bunts 1.4 R IBBs 3.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · PIT
5-5 W2 +1 run diff
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HOME · MIL
6-3 W2 +33 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with PIT 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 · Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.82 vs actual lineup 2.77
  • Player execution −2.77 R/G Players fell 2.77 short of the lineup's 2.77 projection (scored 0)
  • Game variance −2.82 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Mangum 0-for-4 batting 1st

HOME · Milwaukee Brewers
  • Manager lineup cost −0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.96 vs actual lineup 3.98
  • Player execution +1.02 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.98 projection by 1.02 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +1.04 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Turang 0-for-4 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 2.8 – 4.0 — actual was 0 – 5.

Keep reading

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.