Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
Starting pitchers
Lineups
- 1 TJ Friedl CF
- 2 JJ Bleday LF
- 3 Elly De La Cruz SS
- 4 Sal Stewart 2B
- 5 Nathaniel Lowe DH
- 6 Spencer Steer 1B
- 7 Will Benson RF
- 8 Tyler Stephenson C
- 9 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B
- 1 Oneil Cruz CF
- 2 Brandon Lowe 2B
- 3 Bryan Reynolds LF
- 4 Ryan O'Hearn RF
- 5 Nick Gonzales 3B
- 6 Marcell Ozuna DH
- 7 Spencer Horwitz 1B
- 8 Konnor Griffin SS
- 9 Henry Davis C
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| PIT | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
Manager comparison
Both managers grade B- / C- entering this matchup.
Recent form
Season series: 0-3 with CIN 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 +0.09 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.40 vs actual lineup 4.31
- Player execution +2.69 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.31 projection by 2.69 (scored 7)
- Game variance +2.60 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Benson HR from the 7-hole
- Manager lineup cost +0.13 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.82 vs actual lineup 4.70
- Player execution +12.30 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.70 projection by 12.30 (scored 17)
- Game variance +12.18 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Griffin 4-for-5 from the 8-hole
Optimal lineups projected 4.4 – 4.8 — actual was 7 – 17.
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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.