Los Angeles Dodgers vs Houston Astros
Starting pitchers
Lineups
- 1 Shohei Ohtani DH
- 2 Freddie Freeman 1B
- 3 Will Smith C
- 4 Teoscar Hernández LF
- 5 Kyle Tucker RF
- 6 Max Muncy 3B
- 7 Andy Pages CF
- 8 Hyeseong Kim SS
- 9 Alex Freeland 2B
- 1 Carlos Correa SS
- 2 Yordan Alvarez DH
- 3 Isaac Paredes 3B
- 4 Christian Walker 1B
- 5 Jose Altuve 2B
- 6 Brice Matthews CF
- 7 Cam Smith RF
- 8 Zach Cole LF
- 9 Christian Vázquez C
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAD | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| HOU | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Manager comparison
Both managers grade B / D+ entering this matchup.
Recent form
Season series: 2-1 with LAD 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 −0.20 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 5.01 vs actual lineup 5.21
- Player execution +2.79 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 5.21 projection by 2.79 (scored 8)
- Game variance +2.99 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Freeland HR from the 9-hole
- Manager lineup cost +0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.52 vs actual lineup 3.51
- Player execution −0.51 R/G Players fell 0.51 short of the lineup's 3.51 projection (scored 3)
- Game variance −0.52 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Cole HR from the 8-hole
Optimal lineups projected 5.0 – 3.5 — actual was 8 – 3.
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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.