Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Angels: Final Score & Recap

The Los Angeles Angels blanked the Detroit Tigers 5-0 on June 27, 2024, at Angel Stadium, with the DiamondIQ model's estimate of a home win beginning at 51% before the game and climbing to 100% by the final out. The Angels built their lead methodically across the first five innings, doing all their damage against Tigers starter Jack Flaherty. Miguel Sano got Los Angeles on the board in the second inning with a home run that shifted win probability 7.4% in the Angels' favor. Willie Calhoun extended the lead with a solo shot in the fourth, the single biggest batting play of the game at plus 10.9%, before Luis Rengifo added another home run in the fifth for a 9.7% swing. A Nolan Schanuel single in that same fifth inning, worth 7.3% in win probability, helped push the Angels to their final margin of five runs. On the Detroit side, Gio Urshela grounded into a double play in the top of the fourth, a swing of negative 6.2% that extinguished one of the Tigers' few meaningful threats against Davis Daniel.

Davis Daniel was the story of the night on the pitching side, posting a cumulative win-probability contribution of plus 25.0% while holding Detroit to four hits and no runs across his outing. Among the Angel hitters, Calhoun led all batters with a WPA of plus 9.3%, while Schanuel's plus 7.9% WPA and Rengifo's plus 7.2% WPA rounded out the most impactful offensive performances. Rengifo also led position players in run-expectancy impact with a RE24 of plus 1.6. Beau Brieske and Ben Joyce finished out the game in relief without incident, and Detroit's offense never generated a legitimate threat, finishing with just four hits and no errors from either club.