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April 26, 2026 · AL East

Minnesota Twins vs Tampa Bay Rays

April 26, 2026Tropicana FieldDome 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Minnesota Twins
12-16
2
vs
HOME
Tampa Bay Rays
16-11
4

Starting pitchers

AWAY · MIN
Simeon Woods Richardson
Simeon Woods Richardson
IP 4.1
HOME · TB
Jesse Scholtens
Jesse Scholtens
IP 4.1

Lineups

AWAY · MIN
  1. 1 Brooks Lee SS
  2. 2 Trevor Larnach LF
  3. 3 Josh Bell DH
  4. 4 Ryan Jeffers C
  5. 5 Kody Clemens 1B
  6. 6 Luke Keaschall 2B
  7. 7 Matt Wallner RF
  8. 8 Royce Lewis 3B
  9. 9 James Outman CF
HOME · TB
  1. 1 Chandler Simpson LF
  2. 2 Junior Caminero 3B
  3. 3 Jonathan Aranda 1B
  4. 4 Yandy Díaz DH
  5. 5 Jake Fraley RF
  6. 6 Ben Williamson 2B
  7. 7 Cedric Mullins CF
  8. 8 Taylor Walls SS
  9. 9 Hunter Feduccia C

Box score

  123456789 R
MIN 000000200 2
TB 004000000 4

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B / B- entering this matchup.

AWAY · MIN
Derek Shelton
B Lineup 0.8 R Bunts 0.5 R IBBs 0.4 R
HOME · TB
Kevin Cash
B- Lineup 0.9 R Bunts 2.4 R IBBs 2.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · MIN
3-7 L3 -21 run diff
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HOME · TB
8-2 L1 +17 run diff
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Season series: 0-3 with MIN 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 · Minnesota Twins
  • Manager lineup cost +0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.47 vs actual lineup 3.46
  • Player execution −1.46 R/G Players fell 1.46 short of the lineup's 3.46 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.47 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Larnach 0-for-3 batting 2nd

HOME · Tampa Bay Rays
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.77 vs actual lineup 4.72
  • Player execution −0.72 R/G Players fell 0.72 short of the lineup's 4.72 projection (scored 4)
  • Game variance −0.77 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Caminero 0-for-4 batting 2nd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.5 – 4.8 — actual was 2 – 4.

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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.