Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
Starting pitchers
Lineups
- 1 Maikel Garcia 3B
- 2 Bobby Witt Jr. SS
- 3 Carter Jensen C
- 4 Salvador Perez 1B
- 5 Michael Massey 2B
- 6 Isaac Collins LF
- 7 Jac Caglianone DH
- 8 Lane Thomas RF
- 9 Kyle Isbel CF
- 1 Nick Kurtz 1B
- 2 Shea Langeliers C
- 3 Carlos Cortes LF
- 4 Brent Rooker DH
- 5 Jacob Wilson SS
- 6 Jeff McNeil 2B
- 7 Zack Gelof CF
- 8 Lawrence Butler RF
- 9 Darell Hernaiz 3B
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| ATH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Manager comparison
Both managers grade C / C- entering this matchup.
Recent form
Season series: 1-2 with KC 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.
- Manager lineup cost +0.07 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.00 vs actual lineup 3.93
- Player execution −1.93 R/G Players fell 1.93 short of the lineup's 3.93 projection (scored 2)
- Game variance −2.00 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Garcia 0-for-4 batting 1st
- Manager lineup cost +0.08 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.69 vs actual lineup 3.61
- Player execution +1.39 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.61 projection by 1.39 (scored 5)
- Game variance +1.31 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Butler HR from the 8-hole
Optimal lineups projected 4.0 – 3.7 — actual was 2 – 5.
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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.