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May 6, 2026 · NL East

Oakland Athletics vs Philadelphia Phillies

May 6, 2026Citizens Bank ParkCloudy 69°F · 12 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Oakland Athletics
18-18
3
vs
HOME
Philadelphia Phillies
17-20
6

Starting pitchers

AWAY · ATH
Jeffrey Springs
Jeffrey Springs
IP 5.1
HOME · PHI
Zack Wheeler
Zack Wheeler
IP 6.1

Lineups

AWAY · ATH
  1. 1 Nick Kurtz 1B
  2. 2 Jacob Wilson SS
  3. 3 Tyler Soderstrom LF
  4. 4 Brent Rooker DH
  5. 5 Carlos Cortes RF
  6. 6 Jeff McNeil 2B
  7. 7 Jonah Heim C
  8. 8 Lawrence Butler CF
  9. 9 Zack Gelof 3B
HOME · PHI
  1. 1 Trea Turner SS
  2. 2 Kyle Schwarber DH
  3. 3 Bryce Harper 1B
  4. 4 Adolis García RF
  5. 5 Edmundo Sosa 2B
  6. 6 J.T. Realmuto C
  7. 7 Brandon Marsh CF
  8. 8 Alec Bohm 3B
  9. 9 Felix Reyes LF

Box score

  123456789 R
ATH 001011000 3
PHI 000011040 6

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · ATH
Mark Kotsay
C- Lineup 2.6 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 1.1 R
HOME · PHI
Don Mattingly
C- Lineup 2.2 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.7 R Interim

Recent form

AWAY · ATH
5-5 W2 -1 run diff
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HOME · PHI
7-3 L2 +3 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with ATH 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 · Oakland Athletics
  • Manager lineup cost +0.12 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.62 vs actual lineup 3.50
  • Player execution −0.50 R/G Players fell 0.50 short of the lineup's 3.50 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −0.62 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

HOME · Philadelphia Phillies
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.90 vs actual lineup 3.85
  • Player execution +2.15 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.85 projection by 2.15 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +2.10 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Harper 0-for-4 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.6 – 3.9 — actual was 3 – 6.

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.