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May 2, 2026 · AL West

Cleveland Guardians vs Oakland Athletics

May 2, 2026Sutter Health ParkPartly Cloudy 70°F · 6 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Cleveland Guardians
18-16
14
vs
HOME
Oakland Athletics
17-16
6

Starting pitchers

AWAY · CLE
Slade Cecconi
Slade Cecconi
IP 5.1
HOME · ATH
Jacob Lopez
Jacob Lopez
IP 5.1

Lineups

AWAY · CLE
  1. 1 Steven Kwan CF
  2. 2 Angel Martínez LF
  3. 3 José Ramírez 3B
  4. 4 Rhys Hoskins 1B
  5. 5 Chase DeLauter DH
  6. 6 David Fry RF
  7. 7 Travis Bazzana 2B
  8. 8 Austin Hedges C
  9. 9 Brayan Rocchio SS
HOME · ATH
  1. 1 Nick Kurtz 1B
  2. 2 Shea Langeliers C
  3. 3 Tyler Soderstrom LF
  4. 4 Brent Rooker DH
  5. 5 Carlos Cortes RF
  6. 6 Jacob Wilson SS
  7. 7 Jeff McNeil 2B
  8. 8 Lawrence Butler CF
  9. 9 Darell Hernaiz 3B

Box score

  123456789 R
CLE 001041332 14
ATH 200111010 6

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · CLE
Stephen Vogt
C+ Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 0.4 R
HOME · ATH
Mark Kotsay
C- Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 1.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · CLE
6-4 W3 +7 run diff
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HOME · ATH
5-5 W2 -1 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with CLE 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 · Cleveland Guardians
  • Manager lineup cost −0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.72 vs actual lineup 4.77
  • Player execution +9.23 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.77 projection by 9.23 (scored 14)
  • Game variance +9.28 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Hedges HR from the 8-hole

HOME · Oakland Athletics
  • Manager lineup cost +0.10 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 5.03 vs actual lineup 4.93
  • Player execution +1.07 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.93 projection by 1.07 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +0.97 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Soderstrom 0-for-5 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.7 – 5.0 — actual was 14 – 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.

Read the full methodology.