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May 2, 2026 · AL East

Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees

May 2, 2026Yankee StadiumCloudy 63°F · 8 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Baltimore Orioles
15-18
4
vs
HOME
New York Yankees
22-11
9

Starting pitchers

AWAY · BAL
Kyle Bradish
Kyle Bradish
IP 4
HOME · NYY
Ryan Weathers
Ryan Weathers
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · BAL
  1. 1 Taylor Ward LF
  2. 2 Gunnar Henderson SS
  3. 3 Adley Rutschman C
  4. 4 Pete Alonso DH
  5. 5 Tyler O'Neill RF
  6. 6 Coby Mayo 1B
  7. 7 Jeremiah Jackson 2B
  8. 8 Weston Wilson 3B
  9. 9 Blaze Alexander CF
HOME · NYY
  1. 1 Trent Grisham CF
  2. 2 Ben Rice 1B
  3. 3 Aaron Judge RF
  4. 4 Cody Bellinger LF
  5. 5 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B
  6. 6 Jasson Domínguez DH
  7. 7 J.C. Escarra C
  8. 8 Ryan McMahon 3B
  9. 9 José Caballero SS

Box score

  123456789 R
BAL 000102100 4
NYY 012210300 9

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · BAL
Craig Albernaz
C+ Lineup 1.2 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 1.8 R
HOME · NYY
Aaron Boone
C+ Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 1.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · BAL
3-7 L2 -25 run diff
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HOME · NYY
7-3 L1 +26 run diff
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Season series: 0-4 with BAL listed first across 4 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 · Baltimore Orioles
  • Manager lineup cost −0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.64 vs actual lineup 3.67
  • Player execution +0.33 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.67 projection by 0.33 (scored 4)
  • Game variance +0.36 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Rutschman 0-for-4 batting 3rd

HOME · New York Yankees
  • Manager lineup cost −0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 5.00 vs actual lineup 5.03
  • Player execution +3.97 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 5.03 projection by 3.97 (scored 9)
  • Game variance +4.00 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Judge 0-for-3 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.6 – 5.0 — actual was 4 – 9.

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.