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April 29, 2026 · NL West

Miami Marlins vs Los Angeles Dodgers

April 29, 2026UNIQLO Field at Dodger StadiumSunny 74°F · 2 mph, Calm
AWAY
Miami Marlins
15-16
3
vs
HOME
Los Angeles Dodgers
20-11
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · MIA
Sandy Alcantara
Sandy Alcantara
IP 6
HOME · LAD
Tyler Glasnow
Tyler Glasnow
IP 5.2

Lineups

AWAY · MIA
  1. 1 Jakob Marsee CF
  2. 2 Kyle Stowers DH
  3. 3 Otto Lopez SS
  4. 4 Xavier Edwards 2B
  5. 5 Liam Hicks C
  6. 6 Connor Norby 1B
  7. 7 Owen Caissie RF
  8. 8 Graham Pauley 3B
  9. 9 Esteury Ruiz LF
HOME · LAD
  1. 1 Shohei Ohtani DH
  2. 2 Freddie Freeman 1B
  3. 3 Andy Pages CF
  4. 4 Kyle Tucker RF
  5. 5 Max Muncy 3B
  6. 6 Dalton Rushing C
  7. 7 Hyeseong Kim SS
  8. 8 Alex Call LF
  9. 9 Alex Freeland 2B

Box score

  123456789 R
MIA 010010010 3
LAD 010001000 2

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 +0.00 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.16 vs actual lineup 3.16
  • Player execution −0.16 R/G Players fell 0.16 short of the lineup's 3.16 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −0.16 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Ruiz HR from the 9-hole

HOME · Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Manager lineup cost −0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.69 vs actual lineup 3.74
  • Player execution −1.74 R/G Players fell 1.74 short of the lineup's 3.74 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.69 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Freeman 0-for-5 batting 2nd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.2 – 3.7 — actual was 3 – 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.