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April 26, 2026 · NL East

Colorado Rockies vs New York Mets

April 26, 2026Citi FieldClear 57°F · 8 mph, In From RFGame 2 of doubleheader
AWAY
Colorado Rockies
13-16
3
vs
HOME
New York Mets
9-19
0

Starting pitchers

AWAY · COL
Chase Dollander
Chase Dollander
IP 7
HOME · NYM
Carl Edwards Jr.
Carl Edwards Jr.
IP 3.1

Box score

  123456789 R
COL 012000000 3
NYM 000000000 0

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C / D+ entering this matchup.

AWAY · COL
Warren Schaeffer
C Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 1.9 R
HOME · NYM
Carlos Mendoza
D+ Lineup 2.9 R Bunts 1.4 R IBBs 0.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · COL
3-6 W2 -7 run diff
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HOME · NYM
5-4 L1 +2 run diff
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Season series: 4-2 with COL listed first across 8 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 · Colorado Rockies
  • Manager lineup cost −0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.36 vs actual lineup 2.38
  • Player execution +0.62 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 2.38 projection by 0.62 (scored 3)
  • Game variance +0.64 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Freeman 0-for-3 batting 4th

HOME · New York Mets
  • Manager lineup cost −0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.85 vs actual lineup 2.91
  • Player execution −2.91 R/G Players fell 2.91 short of the lineup's 2.91 projection (scored 0)
  • Game variance −2.85 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Bichette 0-for-4 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 2.4 – 2.9 — actual was 3 – 0.

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.