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May 1, 2026 · NL West

Atlanta Braves vs Colorado Rockies

May 1, 2026Coors FieldPartly Cloudy 62°F · 10 mph, In From LF
AWAY
Atlanta Braves
23-10
8
vs
HOME
Colorado Rockies
14-19
6

Starting pitchers

AWAY · ATL
Grant Holmes
Grant Holmes
IP 5
HOME · COL
Jose Quintana
Jose Quintana
IP 6

Lineups

AWAY · ATL
  1. 1 Ronald Acuña Jr. RF
  2. 2 Drake Baldwin DH
  3. 3 Ozzie Albies 2B
  4. 4 Matt Olson 1B
  5. 5 Mauricio Dubón CF
  6. 6 Austin Riley 3B
  7. 7 Eli White LF
  8. 8 Jonah Heim C
  9. 9 Jorge Mateo SS
HOME · COL
  1. 1 Edouard Julien 2B
  2. 2 Mickey Moniak LF
  3. 3 Hunter Goodman C
  4. 4 TJ Rumfield 1B
  5. 5 Tyler Freeman RF
  6. 6 Troy Johnston DH
  7. 7 Willi Castro 3B
  8. 8 Ezequiel Tovar SS
  9. 9 Jake McCarthy CF

Box score

  123456789 R
ATL 000100142 8
COL 510000000 6

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C+ / C entering this matchup.

AWAY · ATL
Walt Weiss
C+ Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 0.2 R
HOME · COL
Warren Schaeffer
C Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 1.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · ATL
7-3 L1 +18 run diff
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HOME · COL
3-6 W2 -7 run diff
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Season series: 3-0 with ATL 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 · Atlanta Braves
  • Manager lineup cost +0.12 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.20 vs actual lineup 4.08
  • Player execution +3.92 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.08 projection by 3.92 (scored 8)
  • Game variance +3.80 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Baldwin 0-for-4 batting 2nd

HOME · Colorado Rockies
  • Manager lineup cost +0.06 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.01 vs actual lineup 3.95
  • Player execution +2.05 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.95 projection by 2.05 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +1.99 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Julien 0-for-4 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.2 – 4.0 — actual was 8 – 6.

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.