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May 6, 2026 · AL East

Texas Rangers vs New York Yankees

May 6, 2026Yankee StadiumOvercast 67°F · 11 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
Texas Rangers
17-19
6
vs
HOME
New York Yankees
25-12
1

Starting pitchers

AWAY · TEX
Nathan Eovaldi
Nathan Eovaldi
IP 8
HOME · NYY
Will Warren
Will Warren
IP 4

Lineups

AWAY · TEX
  1. 1 Brandon Nimmo DH
  2. 2 Ezequiel Duran 2B
  3. 3 Corey Seager SS
  4. 4 Josh Jung 3B
  5. 5 Evan Carter CF
  6. 6 Kyle Higashioka C
  7. 7 Jake Burger 1B
  8. 8 Alejandro Osuna LF
  9. 9 Andrew McCutchen RF
HOME · NYY
  1. 1 Trent Grisham CF
  2. 2 Aaron Judge RF
  3. 3 Cody Bellinger LF
  4. 4 Jasson Domínguez DH
  5. 5 Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B
  6. 6 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
  7. 7 Austin Wells C
  8. 8 Ryan McMahon 3B
  9. 9 José Caballero SS

Box score

  123456789 R
TEX 103200000 6
NYY 000001000 1

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · TEX
Skip Schumaker
B- Lineup 1.0 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 0.9 R
HOME · NYY
Aaron Boone
C+ Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 1.1 R

Recent form

AWAY · TEX
3-7 L2 -20 run diff
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HOME · NYY
7-3 L1 +26 run diff
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Season series: 2-4 with TEX listed first across 6 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 · Texas Rangers
  • Manager lineup cost −0.11 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.42 vs actual lineup 3.53
  • Player execution +2.47 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.53 projection by 2.47 (scored 6)
  • Game variance +2.58 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Nimmo 0-for-3 batting 1st

HOME · New York Yankees
  • Manager lineup cost +0.00 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.32 vs actual lineup 4.32
  • Player execution −3.32 R/G Players fell 3.32 short of the lineup's 4.32 projection (scored 1)
  • Game variance −3.32 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Grisham 0-for-4 batting 1st

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.4 – 4.3 — actual was 6 – 1.

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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.