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April 26, 2026 · NL Cent

Detroit Tigers vs Cincinnati Reds

April 26, 2026Great American Ball ParkPartly Cloudy 64°F · 6 mph, In From LF
AWAY
Detroit Tigers
15-14
8
vs
HOME
Cincinnati Reds
18-10
3

Starting pitchers

AWAY · DET
Keider Montero
Keider Montero
IP 5
HOME · CIN
Rhett Lowder
Rhett Lowder
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · DET
  1. 1 Kevin McGonigle SS
  2. 2 Gleyber Torres 2B
  3. 3 Colt Keith 3B
  4. 4 Riley Greene DH
  5. 5 Spencer Torkelson 1B
  6. 6 Kerry Carpenter LF
  7. 7 Matt Vierling CF
  8. 8 Wenceel Pérez RF
  9. 9 Jake Rogers C
HOME · CIN
  1. 1 TJ Friedl CF
  2. 2 Matt McLain 2B
  3. 3 Elly De La Cruz SS
  4. 4 Sal Stewart 1B
  5. 5 Nathaniel Lowe DH
  6. 6 Spencer Steer RF
  7. 7 JJ Bleday LF
  8. 8 Jose Trevino C
  9. 9 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B

Box score

  123456789 R
DET 200000420 8
CIN 010110000 3

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · DET
A.J. Hinch
C- Lineup 2.7 R Bunts 0.2 R IBBs 0.1 R
HOME · CIN
Terry Francona
B- Lineup 0.9 R Bunts 0.8 R IBBs 0.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · DET
3-7 L4 -5 run diff
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HOME · CIN
1-9 L8 -46 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with DET 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 · Detroit Tigers
  • Manager lineup cost +0.06 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.58 vs actual lineup 3.52
  • Player execution +4.48 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.52 projection by 4.48 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +4.42 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

HOME · Cincinnati Reds
  • Manager lineup cost +0.00 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.79 vs actual lineup 3.79
  • Player execution −0.79 R/G Players fell 0.79 short of the lineup's 3.79 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −0.79 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Stewart 0-for-4 batting 4th

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.6 – 3.8 — actual was 8 – 3.

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.