Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
Starting pitchers
Lineups
- 1 Maikel Garcia 3B
- 2 Bobby Witt SS
- 3 Lane Thomas CF
- 4 Salvador Perez 1B
- 5 Nick Loftin 2B
- 6 Starling Marte RF
- 7 Carter Jensen DH
- 8 Isaac Collins LF
- 9 Elias Díaz C
- 1 Jacob Wilson SS
- 2 Shea Langeliers DH
- 3 Nick Kurtz 1B
- 4 Colby Thomas RF
- 5 Darell Hernaiz 3B
- 6 Carlos Cortes LF
- 7 Austin Wynns C
- 8 Zack Gelof 2B
- 9 Lawrence Butler CF
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| ATH | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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 +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.78 vs actual lineup 3.73
- Player execution −0.73 R/G Players fell 0.73 short of the lineup's 3.73 projection (scored 3)
- Game variance −0.78 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Díaz HR from the 9-hole
- Manager lineup cost +0.17 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 5.07 vs actual lineup 4.90
- Player execution +1.10 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.90 projection by 1.10 (scored 6)
- Game variance +0.93 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Lineup spots out of order vs season production
Optimal lineups projected 3.8 – 5.1 — actual was 3 – 6.
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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.