Oakland Athletics at Los Angeles Angels: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0 |
| LAA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
The Story
The Oakland Athletics routed the Los Angeles Angels 12-5 on March 6, 2024, at Tempe Diablo Stadium, building a lead that proved insurmountable despite a brief moment of life from the home club. The DiamondIQ model opened with the Angels as slight favorites at 54% pre-game win probability, but that figure collapsed to 0% by the final out. Oakland finished with 17 hits and committed no errors, while Los Angeles managed just 3 hits and allowed an error.
The fifth inning served as the pivotal stretch in both directions. Mike Trout briefly resuscitated the Angels with a home run off Scott Alexander that added 25.0% to Los Angeles's win probability, the single largest swing of the game, though it ultimately proved cosmetic given the final margin. Earlier in that same inning, JJ Bleday's double off Carlos Estévez had already shifted the balance by 9.9% in Oakland's favor, and Miguel Andujar had deposited a home run off Patrick Sandoval in the top of the fourth for an 8.9% swing. Oakland then piled on five runs in the ninth to finalize the blowout. Trout, despite his home run, finished with a net WPA of plus-14.5%, largely because two early plate appearances — a strikeout in the first that cost Los Angeles 8.0% and a groundout from Jordyn Adams in the second that cost another 8.5% — swung momentum decisively toward the Athletics before Trout's big swing arrived.
On the pitching side, Joey Estes led all performers with a WPA of plus-22.1%, followed by Joe Boyle at plus-17.4% and Michael Kelly at plus-14.7%, as the Oakland staff collectively suppressed the Angels to three hits across nine innings. Lawrence Butler contributed offensively with a WPA of plus-9.0% and an RE24 of plus-0.5, while Taylor Ward posted plus-10.9% WPA and plus-1.0 RE24 to round out the Athletics' most impactful contributors. The DiamondIQ model's estimates reflected a game that Oakland controlled from the early innings forward, with Los Angeles never sustaining enough offense to mount a credible challenge.