ARCHIVE April 27, 2026
April 27, 2026 · AL Cent

Los Angeles Angels vs Chicago White Sox

April 27, 2026Rate FieldClear 61°F · 12 mph, R To L
AWAY
Los Angeles Angels
12-18
7
vs
HOME
Chicago White Sox
12-17
8

Starting pitchers

AWAY · LAA
Jack Kochanowicz
Jack Kochanowicz
IP 6
HOME · CWS
Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
IP 4

Lineups

AWAY · LAA
  1. 1 Zach Neto SS
  2. 2 Mike Trout CF
  3. 3 Vaughn Grissom 2B
  4. 4 Jorge Soler DH
  5. 5 Jo Adell RF
  6. 6 Oswald Peraza 3B
  7. 7 Nolan Schanuel 1B
  8. 8 Travis d'Arnaud C
  9. 9 Bryce Teodosio LF
HOME · CWS
  1. 1 Andrew Benintendi DH
  2. 2 Munetaka Murakami 1B
  3. 3 Miguel Vargas 3B
  4. 4 Colson Montgomery SS
  5. 5 Everson Pereira RF
  6. 6 Sam Antonacci LF
  7. 7 Chase Meidroth 2B
  8. 8 Tristan Peters CF
  9. 9 Edgar Quero C

Box score

  123456789 R
LAA 120100102 7
CWS 000010700 8

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C / D- entering this matchup.

AWAY · LAA
Kurt Suzuki
C Lineup 1.4 R Bunts 2.0 R IBBs 2.1 R
HOME · CWS
Will Venable
D- Lineup 3.2 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 1.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · LAA
3-7 L1 -10 run diff
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HOME · CWS
6-4 L3 +9 run diff
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Season series: 2-4 with LAA 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 · Los Angeles Angels
  • Manager lineup cost +0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.72 vs actual lineup 4.68
  • Player execution +2.32 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.68 projection by 2.32 (scored 7)
  • Game variance +2.28 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

HOME · Chicago White Sox
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.59 vs actual lineup 3.54
  • Player execution +4.46 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.54 projection by 4.46 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +4.41 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Peters 2-for-4 from the 8-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.7 – 3.6 — actual was 7 – 8.

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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.