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

The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 at Yankee Stadium on August 7, 2024, a result the DiamondIQ model had foreshadowed with a 69 percent pre-game home win probability that climbed to 100 percent by the final out. The Yankees built their lead methodically through the middle innings, with the most consequential sequence coming in the bottom of the second when Oswaldo Cabrera launched a home run off Davis Daniel that shifted win probability by 6.0 percent, followed by an Austin Wells double in the third worth 5.0 percent and an Alex Verdugo double in the fourth that added another 6.6 percent to New York's advantage. The Angels' lone moment of genuine threat came in the top of the fourth, when Nolan Schanuel's flyout against Luis Gil cost Los Angeles 4.6 percent in win probability, effectively ending any realistic chance of a rally before it started. Zach Neto's seventh-inning home run off Jake Cousins added 7.2 percent for the Angels but arrived far too late to matter.

Among the individual performers, Luis Gil was the story on the pitching side, contributing 11.1 percent to New York's win probability and limiting the Angels to minimal damage through his outing. Luke Weaver and Clay Holmes added 4.5 and 2.4 percent respectively in relief to close things out cleanly. At the plate, Verdugo led all batters with 7.2 percent WPA alongside a RE24 of plus-0.6, while Austin Wells was particularly impactful in run-environment terms with a RE24 of plus-1.6 and 5.3 percent WPA. Anthony Rendon contributed 5.4 percent WPA and a RE24 of plus-1.0 to round out the Yankees' most productive offensive contributors in what was a controlled, wire-to-wire New York victory.