Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Angels: Final Score & Recap

The Los Angeles Angels defeated the Chicago White Sox 8-2 at Angel Stadium on May 6, 2026, in a game that was effectively decided in the second inning. The DiamondIQ model entered the night giving the Angels a 47% chance of winning, but by the end of the bottom of the second that estimate had swung dramatically toward Los Angeles, ultimately closing at 100% in the Angels' favor.

The second inning was the decisive frame, and Travis d'Arnaud was its centerpiece. His home run off White Sox starter Noah Schultz carried the single largest win-probability swing of the game at plus-19.7%, and it came as part of a five-run outburst that put the contest largely out of reach before the game was two innings old. Zach Neto contributed a triple in the same inning for a plus-6.2% swing, and Mike Trout added a single worth plus-4.1%. Even Vaughn Grissom's flyout in that sequence registered a positive plus-8.9% for the Angels, reflecting how thoroughly the White Sox bullpen had been pushed into unfavorable counts and situations throughout the half-inning. Los Angeles added two more in the fourth and one in the eighth to build the final margin to six runs. Chicago's best moment came in the fourth, but Andrew Benintendi grounded into a double play off Walbert Ureña, a swing of minus-6.1% that snuffed out any realistic comeback hope.

D'Arnaud finished as the game's top performer by WPA at plus-19.1% with a RE24 of plus-2.4, while Neto ranked third among batters at plus-7.9% WPA and plus-1.6 RE24. On the mound, Ureña led all pitchers with a plus-8.0% WPA, holding Chicago in check through the middle innings after Schultz was chased by the second-inning damage. The White Sox finished with four hits and no errors but could never recover from the hole Schultz left them in early.