Los Angeles Angels at San Francisco Giants: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | 13 | 16 | 0 |
The Story
The San Francisco Giants handed the Los Angeles Angels a 13-6 defeat at Oracle Park on June 16, 2024, turning what began as a competitive game into a comfortable rout. The DiamondIQ model entered the night favoring San Francisco with a 63% home win probability, and that figure climbed steadily to 100% by the final out. The Angels scored single runs in each of the first two innings and closed with a four-run ninth, but those totals were largely cosmetic against a Giants offense that did its real damage in one decisive burst. San Francisco finished with 16 hits and committed no errors, while Los Angeles was charged with two errors across a nine-hit night.
The game turned irrevocably in the bottom of the fourth inning, when the Giants sent ten batters to the plate and scored nine runs against Angels pitching. Jorge Soler's home run off Hunter Strickland provided the single largest win-probability swing of the night at plus 13.2 percent, and the inning kept building from there. Thairo Estrada followed with a double off José Suarez that added another 13.1 percent to San Francisco's win probability, Wilmer Flores doubled for a 12.4-percent swing, and Brett Wisely doubled for 11.4 percent. Estrada had earlier been the game's most consequential out, a second-inning flyout off Ben Joyce that cost the Giants 11.7 percent when a larger lead was still possible.
By final WPA accounting, Brett Wisely led all batters at plus 17.5 percent with a RE24 of plus 1.0, while Soler posted plus 16.7 percent and the game's top run-environment impact at plus 3.2 RE24. Flores added plus 13.6 percent and a RE24 of plus 1.4. On the mound, Ben Joyce was the night's most valuable pitcher despite pitching for the losing side, finishing at plus 18.9 percent by limiting damage during his outing. Giants relievers Sean Hjelle and Luke Jackson contributed minimally at plus 0.7 and plus 0.1 percent respectively, as the offensive explosion had already rendered those appearances largely procedural.