ARCHIVE April 28, 2026
April 28, 2026 · NL East

Detroit Tigers vs Atlanta Braves

April 28, 2026Truist ParkCloudy 65°F · 6 mph, In From RF
AWAY
Detroit Tigers
15-15
2
vs
HOME
Atlanta Braves
21-9
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · DET
Brant Hurter
Brant Hurter
IP 2.2
HOME · ATL
Martín Pérez
Martín Pérez
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · DET
  1. 1 Jahmai Jones DH
  2. 2 Gleyber Torres 2B
  3. 3 Kevin McGonigle SS
  4. 4 Matt Vierling RF
  5. 5 Dillon Dingler C
  6. 6 Riley Greene LF
  7. 7 Spencer Torkelson 1B
  8. 8 Hao-Yu Lee 3B
  9. 9 Javier Báez CF
HOME · ATL
  1. 1 Ronald Acuña Jr. RF
  2. 2 Drake Baldwin C
  3. 3 Matt Olson 1B
  4. 4 Ozzie Albies 2B
  5. 5 Michael Harris II CF
  6. 6 Austin Riley 3B
  7. 7 Dominic Smith DH
  8. 8 Mauricio Dubón SS
  9. 9 Mike Yastrzemski LF

Box score

  123456789 R
DET 000000002 2
ATL 002000120 5

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C- / C+ entering this matchup.

AWAY · DET
A.J. Hinch
C- Lineup 2.7 R Bunts 0.2 R IBBs 0.1 R
HOME · ATL
Walt Weiss
C+ Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 0.2 R

Recent form

AWAY · DET
3-7 L4 -5 run diff
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HOME · ATL
7-3 L1 +18 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with DET 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 · Detroit Tigers
  • Manager lineup cost +0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.82 vs actual lineup 2.80
  • Player execution −0.80 R/G Players fell 0.80 short of the lineup's 2.80 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −0.82 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Pérez HR from the 9-hole

HOME · Atlanta Braves
  • Manager lineup cost −0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.41 vs actual lineup 2.45
  • Player execution +2.55 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 2.45 projection by 2.55 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +2.59 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Baldwin 0-for-4 batting 2nd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 2.8 – 2.4 — 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.