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May 7, 2026 · NL East

Baltimore Orioles vs Miami Marlins

May 7, 2026loanDepot parkRoof Closed 72°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Baltimore Orioles
17-21
3
vs
HOME
Miami Marlins
17-21
4

Starting pitchers

AWAY · BAL
Cade Povich
Cade Povich
IP 3
HOME · MIA
Max Meyer
Max Meyer
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · BAL
  1. 1 Gunnar Henderson SS
  2. 2 Taylor Ward DH
  3. 3 Dylan Beavers LF
  4. 4 Pete Alonso 1B
  5. 5 Samuel Basallo C
  6. 6 Tyler O'Neill RF
  7. 7 Colton Cowser CF
  8. 8 Coby Mayo 3B
  9. 9 Jeremiah Jackson 2B
HOME · MIA
  1. 1 Otto Lopez SS
  2. 2 Connor Norby 1B
  3. 3 Liam Hicks C
  4. 4 Christopher Morel DH
  5. 5 Heriberto Hernández LF
  6. 6 Esteury Ruiz RF
  7. 7 Jakob Marsee CF
  8. 8 Leo Jiménez 2B
  9. 9 Javier Sanoja 3B

Box score

  123456789 R
BAL 001100010 3
MIA 201000001 4

Manager comparison

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

AWAY · BAL
Craig Albernaz
C+ Lineup 1.2 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 1.8 R
HOME · MIA
Clayton McCullough
C+ Lineup 1.4 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · BAL
3-7 L2 -25 run diff
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HOME · MIA
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with BAL 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 · Baltimore Orioles
  • Manager lineup cost −0.04 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.27 vs actual lineup 3.31
  • Player execution −0.31 R/G Players fell 0.31 short of the lineup's 3.31 projection (scored 3)
  • Game variance −0.27 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Ward 0-for-3 batting 2nd

HOME · Miami Marlins
  • Manager lineup cost +0.09 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.87 vs actual lineup 4.78
  • Player execution −0.78 R/G Players fell 0.78 short of the lineup's 4.78 projection (scored 4)
  • Game variance −0.87 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Morel 0-for-4 batting 4th

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.3 – 4.9 — actual was 3 – 4.

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.