Los Angeles Angels at Chicago Cubs: Final Score & Recap

The Los Angeles Angels shut out the Chicago Cubs 2-0 at Wrigley Field on March 31, 2026, holding a team the DiamondIQ model had installed as 54 percent pre-game favorites entirely off the scoreboard. The Angels produced all their damage in the top of the sixth inning against Cubs reliever Phil Maton, with Logan O'Hoppe delivering the decisive blow, a single that swung win probability 22.3 points in Los Angeles's favor. Jeimer Candelario followed with a double that added another 12.8 points, and though Josh Lowe grounded out to blunt the rally slightly at minus 10.1 points, the two runs the Angels pushed across proved to be more than enough. Oswald Peraza had laid the groundwork an inning earlier, lacing a double off Jameson Taillon in the fifth that moved the needle 9.9 points toward the Angels.

The pitching staff carried the performance the rest of the way, with José Soriano leading all players on either side at plus 31.4 points of win probability added. Drew Pomeranz contributed plus 17.9 points and Ben Brown added plus 13.2, as the Cubs managed just four hits across nine innings without ever seriously threatening. The final swing of consequence came in the bottom of the ninth, when Jordan Romano struck out Michael Conforto to close out the shutout, a moment that added 12.0 points to Los Angeles's side of the ledger and finished off what had been a methodical, pitching-dominated victory from start to finish.