Texas Rangers at Los Angeles Angels: Final Score & Recap

The Los Angeles Angels defeated the Texas Rangers 9-6 at Angel Stadium on May 22, 2026, completing a comeback from a pre-game DiamondIQ model estimate that gave the home side just a 40 percent chance of winning. The Angels seized control early, plating four runs in the bottom of the first inning, then added two more in the third to build a cushion that proved durable even as Texas mounted a response in the fourth.

The game's most consequential sequence began with the Angels' opening-inning burst, where Logan O'Hoppe's eventual strikeout against Jacob deGrom in the bottom of the first shifted the DiamondIQ model by plus-10.7 percent in Los Angeles's favor, part of an inning that established the tone for the evening. O'Hoppe finished as the game's top performer by WPA at plus-17.2 percent with a RE24 of plus-1.5. Texas briefly threatened to claw back when Evan Carter hit a triple off Grayson Rodriguez in the top of the fourth, a swing of plus-11.5 percent in the Rangers' direction that preceded a three-run frame and briefly tightened the contest. Justin Foscue's strikeout against Rodriguez in the second had already cost Texas minus-12.6 percent in win probability, a moment that effectively extinguished an early rally before it started.

Oswald Peraza delivered the knockout blow in the bottom of the seventh, connecting for a home run off Jalen Beeks that swung the model plus-13.1 percent toward Los Angeles, and Peraza finished with a plus-12.3 percent WPA and a RE24 of plus-0.6. Mike Trout contributed a lineout in the second that added plus-11.0 percent to the Angels' cause and ended the night at plus-11.8 percent WPA. On the mound, Grayson Rodriguez led all pitchers with a plus-9.0 percent WPA contribution, followed by Sam Bachman at plus-8.1 percent and Cal Quantrill at plus-7.9 percent, a trio that held Texas's lineup in check through the game's most critical stretches.