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April 28, 2026 · AL Cent

Los Angeles Angels vs Chicago White Sox

April 28, 2026Rate FieldPartly Cloudy 64°F · 2 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Los Angeles Angels
12-19
2
vs
HOME
Chicago White Sox
13-17
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · LAA
José Soriano
José Soriano
IP 5
HOME · CWS
Davis Martin
Davis Martin
IP 5.2

Lineups

AWAY · LAA
  1. 1 Zach Neto SS
  2. 2 Mike Trout CF
  3. 3 Yoán Moncada 3B
  4. 4 Jorge Soler DH
  5. 5 Nolan Schanuel 1B
  6. 6 Jo Adell RF
  7. 7 Josh Lowe LF
  8. 8 Sebastián Rivero C
  9. 9 Adam Frazier 2B
HOME · CWS
  1. 1 Andrew Benintendi LF
  2. 2 Munetaka Murakami 1B
  3. 3 Miguel Vargas 3B
  4. 4 Colson Montgomery DH
  5. 5 Everson Pereira RF
  6. 6 Sam Antonacci 2B
  7. 7 Tristan Peters CF
  8. 8 Drew Romo C
  9. 9 Luisangel Acuña SS

Box score

  123456789 R
LAA 000100010 2
CWS 010201100 5

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 −0.06 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.41 vs actual lineup 2.47
  • Player execution −0.47 R/G Players fell 0.47 short of the lineup's 2.47 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −0.41 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lowe HR from the 7-hole

HOME · Chicago White Sox
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.48 vs actual lineup 2.43
  • Player execution +2.57 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 2.43 projection by 2.57 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +2.52 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Romo HR from the 8-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 2.4 – 2.5 — actual was 2 – 5.

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.