Los Angeles Angels at Detroit Tigers: Final Score & Recap

The Los Angeles Angels handed the Detroit Tigers a 7-1 defeat at Comerica Park on May 28, 2026, a result the DiamondIQ model reflected in stark terms — Detroit entered with a 54% pre-game win probability and finished at 0%. The Angels were held scoreless through four innings before breaking the game open in the fifth, a frame that proved decisive by every measure. Zach Neto's double off Jack Flaherty was the single biggest swing of the night, shifting win probability 15.6 points in Los Angeles's favor, and the damage continued when Sebastián Rivero followed with a single worth another 10.5 points. Jo Adell added a double of his own in the same inning, contributing a further 7.7-point swing. The Angels scored three in the fifth, then tacked on two more in each of the eighth and ninth to reach seven runs on 11 hits without committing an error.

Detroit's lone bright spot came in the second inning, when Wenceel Pérez hit a home run off Grayson Rodriguez that generated a 7.8-point win-probability gain for the Tigers and accounted for their only run of the game. However, Rodriguez recovered to finish as the night's most valuable pitcher by WPA, posting a plus-12.1 mark. José Fermin contributed an additional 8.8 points out of the bullpen, aided in part by Matt Vierling's seventh-inning double play that swung 9.5 points back toward the Angels. Drew Pomeranz added 7.5 points of his own to complete a commanding collective pitching performance. Among position players, Neto led all batters at plus-13.5% WPA and plus-1.1 RE24, while Pérez was the standout on Detroit's side at plus-10.2% WPA and plus-1.7 RE24 despite being on the losing end. The Angels finished with 11 hits and no errors; the Tigers managed just three hits all night.