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May 5, 2026 · NL West

Pittsburgh Pirates vs Arizona Diamondbacks

May 5, 2026Chase FieldPartly Cloudy 76°F · 11 mph, Varies
AWAY
Pittsburgh Pirates
19-17
0
vs
HOME
Arizona Diamondbacks
17-17
9

Starting pitchers

AWAY · PIT
Bubba Chandler
Bubba Chandler
IP 5
HOME · AZ
Eduardo Rodriguez
Eduardo Rodriguez
IP 7

Lineups

AWAY · PIT
  1. 1 Oneil Cruz CF
  2. 2 Nick Gonzales 2B
  3. 3 Bryan Reynolds RF
  4. 4 Ryan O'Hearn 1B
  5. 5 Marcell Ozuna DH
  6. 6 Konnor Griffin SS
  7. 7 Jake Mangum LF
  8. 8 Joey Bart C
  9. 9 Jared Triolo 3B
HOME · AZ
  1. 1 Geraldo Perdomo SS
  2. 2 Ketel Marte 2B
  3. 3 Corbin Carroll RF
  4. 4 Adrian Del Castillo DH
  5. 5 Ildemaro Vargas 1B
  6. 6 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. LF
  7. 7 Nolan Arenado 3B
  8. 8 Gabriel Moreno C
  9. 9 Alek Thomas CF

Box score

  123456789 R
PIT 000000000 0
AZ 200005020 9

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · PIT
Don Kelly
C- Lineup 2.3 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 0.8 R
HOME · AZ
Torey Lovullo
C- Lineup 2.0 R Bunts 2.1 R IBBs 0.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · PIT
5-5 W2 +1 run diff
WWLWWWLLLL
HOME · AZ
3-7 L2 -15 run diff
LLWLLLLWLW

Season series: 2-1 with PIT 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 · Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Manager lineup cost +0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 2.81 vs actual lineup 2.79
  • Player execution −2.79 R/G Players fell 2.79 short of the lineup's 2.79 projection (scored 0)
  • Game variance −2.81 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Cruz 0-for-4 batting 1st

HOME · Arizona Diamondbacks
  • Manager lineup cost +0.08 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.45 vs actual lineup 4.36
  • Player execution +4.64 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.36 projection by 4.64 (scored 9)
  • Game variance +4.55 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Carroll 0-for-3 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 2.8 – 4.5 — actual was 0 – 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.