FINAL May 8, 2026
May 8, 2026 · AL East

Los Angeles Angels vs Toronto Blue Jays

May 8, 2026Rogers CentreRoof Closed 68°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Los Angeles Angels
15-24
0
vs
HOME
Toronto Blue Jays
17-21
2

Starting pitchers

AWAY · LAA
Reid Detmers
Reid Detmers
IP 3.2
HOME · TOR
Dylan Cease
Dylan Cease
IP 7

Lineups

AWAY · LAA
  1. 1 Zach Neto SS
  2. 2 Mike Trout CF
  3. 3 Nolan Schanuel 1B
  4. 4 Jorge Soler DH
  5. 5 Yoán Moncada 3B
  6. 6 Jo Adell RF
  7. 7 Josh Lowe LF
  8. 8 Sebastián Rivero C
  9. 9 Adam Frazier 2B
HOME · TOR
  1. 1 George Springer DH
  2. 2 Myles Straw RF
  3. 3 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B
  4. 4 Kazuma Okamoto 3B
  5. 5 Daulton Varsho CF
  6. 6 Ernie Clement 2B
  7. 7 Davis Schneider LF
  8. 8 Andrés Giménez SS
  9. 9 Brandon Valenzuela C

Box score

  123456789 R
LAA 000000000 0
TOR 002000000 2

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C / B entering this matchup.

AWAY · LAA
Kurt Suzuki
C Lineup 1.4 R Bunts 2.0 R IBBs 2.1 R
HOME · TOR
John Schneider
B Lineup 0.3 R Bunts 1.5 R IBBs 1.3 R

Recent form

AWAY · LAA
3-7 L1 -10 run diff
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HOME · TOR
5-5 W1 +8 run diff
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Season series: 1-3 with LAA listed first across 4 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 · Los Angeles Angels
  • Manager lineup cost −0.11 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.06 vs actual lineup 3.17
  • Player execution −3.17 R/G Players fell 3.17 short of the lineup's 3.17 projection (scored 0)
  • Game variance −3.06 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Soler 0-for-4 batting 4th

HOME · Toronto Blue Jays
  • Manager lineup cost −0.11 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.91 vs actual lineup 4.02
  • Player execution −2.02 R/G Players fell 2.02 short of the lineup's 4.02 projection (scored 2)
  • Game variance −1.91 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.1 – 3.9 — actual was 0 – 2.

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.