PREVIEW Starts 9:10 PM ET · UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium
May 9, 2026 · NL West

Atlanta Braves at Los Angeles Dodgers

May 9, 20269:10 PM ETUNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium
AWAY
Atlanta Braves
26-12
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HOME
Los Angeles Dodgers
23-14

Probable starters

AWAY · ATL
Spencer Strider
Spencer Strider
HOME · LAD
Blake Snell
Blake Snell

Lineups

Lineups are usually announced ~90 minutes before first pitch. Check back soon.

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C+ / B entering this matchup.

AWAY · ATL
Walt Weiss
C+ Lineup 1.7 R Bunts 0.0 R IBBs 0.2 R
HOME · LAD
Dave Roberts
B Lineup 0.2 R Bunts 0.3 R IBBs 1.0 R

Bullpen availability

AWAY · ATL
  • Available 6
  • Limited 0
  • Rest required 0
  • Inactive 0
HOME · LAD
  • Available 8
  • Limited 0
  • Rest required 0
  • Inactive 0

Recent form

AWAY · ATL
7-3 L1 +18 run diff
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HOME · LAD
5-5 W1 +16 run diff
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Tactical preview

Walt Weiss (C+) faces Dave Roberts (B). Lineup decisions are the largest single category of cost in the RunsLeft model.

AWAY · ATL
C+
Lineup cost 1.7 R · IBB cost 0.2 R
HOME · LAD
B
Lineup cost 0.2 R · Bunt cost 0.3 R · IBB cost 1.0 R

Lineups not yet announced. They typically post ~90 minutes before first pitch.

Bullpen availability for both teams is in the section above. Full tactical analysis (manager cost, player execution, counterfactual outcome) will appear here after the game ends.

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.