Cleveland Guardians at Los Angeles Angels: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
The Story
The Los Angeles Angels walked off the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 on September 7, 2023, at Angel Stadium, completing a dramatic late comeback after a scoreless six innings. The DiamondIQ model's estimate opened with a 53 percent home win probability for Los Angeles and closed at 100 percent, reflecting a finish that unfolded almost entirely in the final three half-innings.
The scoring began in the seventh inning, when Josh Naylor's single off Aaron Loup gave Cleveland a 2-0 lead, a hit that added 19.6 percent to the Guardians' win probability at the time. Los Angeles answered with a run of its own in the bottom half, as Brett Phillips singled off Matt Moore to push across a run and shift momentum by 13.6 percent. The Angels then turned to Emmanuel Clase in the ninth, and that decision proved costly. Phillips led off with a single that added 18.4 percent to Los Angeles's chances, Chad Wallach followed with a double worth 17.0 percent, and Randal Grichuk delivered the decisive blow, a walk-off single that swung win probability by 33.4 percent and capped the comeback.
Phillips finished as the game's top offensive performer by WPA at plus-26.7 percent with an RE24 of plus-0.9, while Grichuk added plus-21.7 percent and Kyren Paris contributed plus-12.0 percent. On the pitching side, Cal Quantrill led all hurlers with a WPA of plus-30.3 percent for Cleveland, but his effort was ultimately undone by the ninth-inning collapse. Trevor Stephan added plus-23.3 percent and Davis Daniel posted plus-19.1 percent, leaving the Guardians' bullpen performance a tale of six strong innings overshadowed by one decisive frame.