Athletics at Los Angeles Angels: Final Score & Recap

The Athletics rallied past the Angels 6-5 in ten innings at Angel Stadium on May 20, 2026, completing a comeback that the DiamondIQ model's estimate gave virtually no chance of occurring at the outset, with Oakland entering as a heavy road underdog at a 63% pre-game disadvantage. The Angels had built their advantage in the second inning when Josh Lowe connected on a home run off Aaron Civale, a swing that shifted win probability by 12.7 points in Los Angeles's favor and reflected the early tone of the game. Oakland responded with runs in the first and second innings to keep things close, but the Angels held their lead into the late innings before Oakland mounted its decisive charge.

The Athletics erased a deficit in the ninth when Jeff McNeil crushed a home run off Kirby Yates, a blow worth 34.2 win-probability points that forced extra innings and swung the momentum entirely. The sequence was not without tension, as Nick Kurtz's groundout earlier in the ninth against Tayler Saucedo had actually cost Oakland 12.0 win-probability points, nearly extinguishing the rally before it could fully materialize. In the tenth, Tyler Soderstrom delivered the game's single most consequential swing, lashing a triple off Chase Silseth that added 48.0 win-probability points and plated what proved to be the go-ahead run, with Henry Bolte's subsequent groundout adding another 16.7 points as Oakland pushed across an insurance run.

Soderstrom finished as the game's top performer by WPA at plus-39.0 with a RE24 of plus-2.4, while McNeil contributed plus-31.5 WPA on the strength of his tying blast. Jorge Soler also graded out well at plus-21.3 WPA. On the pitching side, Jack Kochanowicz led all pitchers with plus-21.9 WPA, supported by Sam Bachman at plus-12.9 and Saucedo at plus-12.0 for the Angels despite ultimately falling in the loss.