New York Yankees at Los Angeles Angels: Final Score & Recap

The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels 2-1 on May 29, 2024, at Angel Stadium, in a tightly contested game that the DiamondIQ model's estimate gave the Angels just a 27% chance of winning before first pitch — a figure that ultimately fell to zero. The Yankees broke a scoreless tie in the fourth inning with a run and added another in the seventh, while the Angels managed their lone run in the bottom half of that same frame, leaving Los Angeles in a deficit they could not overcome. New York finished with six hits and committed no errors, while the Angels managed only three hits and were hurt by two errors of their own.

The pivotal sequence of the game came in the seventh inning. Anthony Volpe's triple off Hunter Strickland in the top half swung win probability 13.4 points in New York's favor, providing the insurance run that proved decisive. Logan O'Hoppe answered immediately with a solo home run off Luis Gil in the bottom of the seventh, a swing worth 15.6 percentage points that briefly kept Los Angeles within reach. Despite finishing as the Angels' top batter by WPA at plus-30.9%, O'Hoppe could not single-handedly rescue the outcome. Taylor Ward drew a walk in the ninth to push his WPA contribution to plus-12.5%, and Luis Rengifo added plus-10.6%, but the threat collapsed when Willie Calhoun grounded into a double play off Clay Holmes, a sequence that shifted win probability 32.1 points away from the Angels and effectively ended the game.

Luis Gil was the clear standout performer on the mound, posting plus-36.7% WPA while keeping the Angels largely in check through his outing. Tyler Anderson contributed plus-21.2% WPA in relief, and Roansy Contreras added plus-7.4% to help New York's pitching staff limit Los Angeles to three hits on the night. The Angels' two errors compounded an already difficult task against a Yankees club that executed cleanly on both sides of the ball.