ARCHIVE April 27, 2026
April 27, 2026 · AL East

Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays

April 27, 2026Rogers CentreRoof Closed 68°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Boston Red Sox
12-17
5
vs
HOME
Toronto Blue Jays
12-16
0

Starting pitchers

AWAY · BOS
Ranger Suarez
Ranger Suarez
IP 8
HOME · TOR
Dylan Cease
Dylan Cease
IP 5.2

Lineups

AWAY · BOS
  1. 1 Jarren Duran LF
  2. 2 Willson Contreras 1B
  3. 3 Roman Anthony DH
  4. 4 Wilyer Abreu RF
  5. 5 Trevor Story SS
  6. 6 Marcelo Mayer 2B
  7. 7 Ceddanne Rafaela CF
  8. 8 Carlos Narváez C
  9. 9 Caleb Durbin 3B
HOME · TOR
  1. 1 Myles Straw CF
  2. 2 Ernie Clement SS
  3. 3 Vladimir Guerrero 1B
  4. 4 Kazuma Okamoto 3B
  5. 5 Lenyn Sosa 2B
  6. 6 Eloy Jiménez DH
  7. 7 Jesús Sánchez RF
  8. 8 Davis Schneider LF
  9. 9 Tyler Heineman C

Box score

  123456789 R
BOS 000121010 5
TOR 000000000 0

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C- / B entering this matchup.

AWAY · BOS
Chad Tracy
C- Lineup 2.8 R Bunts 0.1 R IBBs 0.2 R Interim
HOME · TOR
John Schneider
B Lineup 0.3 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 1.3 R

Recent form

AWAY · BOS
5-5 W1 -3 run diff
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HOME · TOR
5-5 W1 +8 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with BOS 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 · Boston Red Sox
  • Manager lineup cost +0.00 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.19 vs actual lineup 3.19
  • Player execution +1.81 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.19 projection by 1.81 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +1.81 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Narváez HR from the 8-hole

HOME · Toronto Blue Jays
  • Manager lineup cost −0.07 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.35 vs actual lineup 3.42
  • Player execution −3.42 R/G Players fell 3.42 short of the lineup's 3.42 projection (scored 0)
  • Game variance −3.35 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Clement 0-for-4 batting 2nd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.2 – 3.4 — actual was 5 – 0.

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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.