ARCHIVE May 6, 2026
May 6, 2026 · NL West

San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants

May 6, 2026Oracle ParkPartly Cloudy 67°F · 8 mph, Varies
AWAY
San Diego Padres
22-14
5
vs
HOME
San Francisco Giants
14-23
1

Starting pitchers

AWAY · SD
Matt Waldron
Matt Waldron
IP 5
HOME · SF
Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
IP 6

Lineups

AWAY · SD
  1. 1 Jackson Merrill CF
  2. 2 Manny Machado 3B
  3. 3 Miguel Andujar DH
  4. 4 Gavin Sheets 1B
  5. 5 Fernando Tatis Jr. 2B
  6. 6 Ramón Laureano LF
  7. 7 Nick Castellanos RF
  8. 8 Freddy Fermin C
  9. 9 Sung-Mun Song SS
HOME · SF
  1. 1 Heliot Ramos LF
  2. 2 Jung Hoo Lee CF
  3. 3 Casey Schmitt 2B
  4. 4 Matt Chapman 3B
  5. 5 Rafael Devers 1B
  6. 6 Willy Adames SS
  7. 7 Bryce Eldridge DH
  8. 8 Jesus Rodriguez RF
  9. 9 Patrick Bailey C

Box score

  123456789 R
SD 000100220 5
SF 000010000 1

Manager comparison

Both managers grade B / B- entering this matchup.

AWAY · SD
Craig Stammen
B Lineup 0.8 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.2 R
HOME · SF
Tony Vitello
B- Lineup 0.8 R Bunts 0.7 R IBBs 1.4 R

Recent form

AWAY · SD
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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HOME · SF
1-8 L2 -25 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with SD 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 · San Diego Padres
  • Manager lineup cost +0.08 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.72 vs actual lineup 4.64
  • Player execution +0.36 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.64 projection by 0.36 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +0.28 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Machado 0-for-3 batting 2nd

HOME · San Francisco Giants
  • Manager lineup cost −0.10 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.79 vs actual lineup 4.88
  • Player execution −3.88 R/G Players fell 3.88 short of the lineup's 4.88 projection (scored 1)
  • Game variance −3.79 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Ramos 0-for-4 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.7 – 4.8 — actual was 5 – 1.

GAME INSIGHTS

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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.

Read the full methodology.