ARCHIVE April 27, 2026
April 27, 2026 · NL West

Miami Marlins vs Los Angeles Dodgers

April 27, 2026UNIQLO Field at Dodger StadiumClear 62°F · 2 mph, Calm
AWAY
Miami Marlins
13-16
4
vs
HOME
Los Angeles Dodgers
20-9
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · MIA
Chris Paddack
Chris Paddack
IP 4
HOME · LAD
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · MIA
  1. 1 Jakob Marsee CF
  2. 2 Kyle Stowers LF
  3. 3 Otto Lopez SS
  4. 4 Xavier Edwards 2B
  5. 5 Liam Hicks DH
  6. 6 Agustín Ramírez C
  7. 7 Owen Caissie RF
  8. 8 Javier Sanoja 3B
  9. 9 Connor Norby 1B
HOME · LAD
  1. 1 Shohei Ohtani DH
  2. 2 Freddie Freeman 1B
  3. 3 Will Smith C
  4. 4 Kyle Tucker RF
  5. 5 Teoscar Hernández LF
  6. 6 Max Muncy 3B
  7. 7 Andy Pages CF
  8. 8 Hyeseong Kim SS
  9. 9 Alex Freeland 2B

Box score

  123456789 R
MIA 000130000 4
LAD 200000003 5

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C+ / B entering this matchup.

AWAY · MIA
Clayton McCullough
C+ Lineup 1.4 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.6 R
HOME · LAD
Dave Roberts
B Lineup 0.2 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 1.0 R

Recent form

AWAY · MIA
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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HOME · LAD
5-5 W1 +16 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with MIA 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 · Miami Marlins
  • Manager lineup cost +0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.17 vs actual lineup 3.15
  • Player execution +0.85 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.15 projection by 0.85 (scored 4)
  • Game variance +0.83 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Stowers 0-for-5 batting 2nd

HOME · Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Manager lineup cost −0.08 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 5.04 vs actual lineup 5.12
  • Player execution −0.12 R/G Players fell 0.12 short of the lineup's 5.12 projection (scored 5)
  • Game variance −0.04 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Smith 0-for-5 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.2 – 5.0 — actual was 4 – 5.

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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.