FINAL May 8, 2026
May 8, 2026 · NL East

Colorado Rockies vs Philadelphia Phillies

May 8, 2026Citizens Bank ParkPartly Cloudy 68°F · 12 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Colorado Rockies
16-23
9
vs
HOME
Philadelphia Phillies
17-22
7

Starting pitchers

AWAY · COL
Chase Dollander
Chase Dollander
IP 5.2
HOME · PHI
Jesús Luzardo
Jesús Luzardo
IP 3

Lineups

AWAY · COL
  1. 1 Jordan Beck LF
  2. 2 Tyler Freeman RF
  3. 3 TJ Rumfield 1B
  4. 4 Hunter Goodman C
  5. 5 Brenton Doyle CF
  6. 6 Willi Castro 2B
  7. 7 Kyle Karros 3B
  8. 8 Ezequiel Tovar SS
  9. 9 Brett Sullivan DH
HOME · PHI
  1. 1 Trea Turner SS
  2. 2 Kyle Schwarber DH
  3. 3 Bryce Harper 1B
  4. 4 Adolis García RF
  5. 5 Brandon Marsh LF
  6. 6 J.T. Realmuto C
  7. 7 Bryson Stott 2B
  8. 8 Edmundo Sosa 3B
  9. 9 Justin Crawford CF

Box score

  1234567891011 R
COL 10050010002 9
PHI 00000205000 7

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C / C- entering this matchup.

AWAY · COL
Warren Schaeffer
C Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 1.9 R
HOME · PHI
Don Mattingly
C- Lineup 2.2 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.7 R Interim

Recent form

AWAY · COL
3-6 W2 -7 run diff
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HOME · PHI
7-3 L2 +3 run diff
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Season series: 1-0 with COL listed first across 1 prior meeting.

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 · Colorado Rockies
  • Manager lineup cost −0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.66 vs actual lineup 4.69
  • Player execution +4.31 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.69 projection by 4.31 (scored 9)
  • Game variance +4.34 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Lineup spots out of order vs season production

HOME · Philadelphia Phillies
  • Manager lineup cost +0.05 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.57 vs actual lineup 3.53
  • Player execution +3.47 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.53 projection by 3.47 (scored 7)
  • Game variance +3.43 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Crawford HR from the 9-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.7 – 3.6 — actual was 9 – 7.

GAME INSIGHTS
  • Brandon Marsh extends hit streak to 10 games
    Brandon Marsh (PHI) has a hit in 10 consecutive games — past the 10-game watermark.
  • Don Mattingly (PHI) has run 29 distinct starting lineups across 30 games this season — that's 97% turnover game-to-game. Most managers stay below 14 for the same span.
  • Warren Schaeffer (COL) has run 28 distinct starting lineups across 30 games this season — that's 93% turnover game-to-game. Most managers stay below 14 for the same span.

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.