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April 29, 2026 · NL Cent

Arizona Diamondbacks vs Milwaukee Brewers

April 29, 2026American Family FieldRoof Closed 64°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Arizona Diamondbacks
16-13
6
vs
HOME
Milwaukee Brewers
15-14
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · AZ
Eduardo Rodriguez
Eduardo Rodriguez
IP 4.2
HOME · MIL
Brandon Sproat
Brandon Sproat
IP 4.1

Lineups

AWAY · AZ
  1. 1 Geraldo Perdomo SS
  2. 2 Ketel Marte 2B
  3. 3 Corbin Carroll RF
  4. 4 Adrian Del Castillo C
  5. 5 Ildemaro Vargas 1B
  6. 6 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF
  7. 7 Nolan Arenado 3B
  8. 8 Jose Fernandez DH
  9. 9 Alek Thomas CF
HOME · MIL
  1. 1 Brandon Lockridge LF
  2. 2 Brice Turang 2B
  3. 3 William Contreras C
  4. 4 Jake Bauers 1B
  5. 5 Gary Sánchez DH
  6. 6 Luis Rengifo 3B
  7. 7 Greg Jones RF
  8. 8 Blake Perkins CF
  9. 9 Joey Ortiz SS

Box score

  123456789 R
AZ 000400002 6
MIL 101000000 2

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · AZ
Torey Lovullo
C- Lineup 2.0 R Bunts 2.1 R IBBs 0.6 R
HOME · MIL
Pat Murphy
B- Lineup 0.6 R Bunts 1.4 R IBBs 3.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · AZ
3-7 L2 -15 run diff
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HOME · MIL
6-3 W2 +33 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with AZ 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 · Arizona Diamondbacks
  • Manager lineup cost −0.06 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.79 vs actual lineup 4.85
  • Player execution +1.15 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.85 projection by 1.15 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +1.21 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Arenado HR from the 7-hole

HOME · Milwaukee Brewers
  • Manager lineup cost −0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.38 vs actual lineup 3.39
  • Player execution −1.39 R/G Players fell 1.39 short of the lineup's 3.39 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.38 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Contreras 0-for-4 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.8 – 3.4 — actual was 6 – 2.

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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.