Minnesota Twins vs Washington Nationals
Starting pitchers
Lineups
- 1 Byron Buxton CF
- 2 Trevor Larnach DH
- 3 Austin Martin LF
- 4 Ryan Jeffers C
- 5 Matt Wallner RF
- 6 Luke Keaschall 2B
- 7 Kody Clemens 1B
- 8 Brooks Lee SS
- 9 Tristan Gray 3B
- 1 James Wood RF
- 2 Daylen Lile LF
- 3 Curtis Mead 1B
- 4 CJ Abrams SS
- 5 Brady House 3B
- 6 José Tena DH
- 7 Jacob Young CF
- 8 Keibert Ruiz C
- 9 Nasim Nuñez 2B
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| WSH | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Manager comparison
Both managers grade B / C entering this matchup.
Recent form
Season series: 1-2 with MIN 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.
- Manager lineup cost −0.02 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.73 vs actual lineup 4.75
- Player execution +0.25 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.75 projection by 0.25 (scored 5)
- Game variance +0.27 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Lee 2-for-3 from the 8-hole
- Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.88 vs actual lineup 4.83
- Player execution +2.17 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.83 projection by 2.17 (scored 7)
- Game variance +2.12 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation
Ruiz HR from the 8-hole
Optimal lineups projected 4.7 – 4.9 — actual was 5 – 7.
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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.