Los Angeles Angels at Los Angeles Dodgers: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| LAD | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 9 | 9 | 0 |
The Story
The Los Angeles Dodgers handled the Los Angeles Angels decisively on June 6, 2026, at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium, winning 9-2 in a game that was effectively settled in the opening inning. The DiamondIQ model's estimate opened with the Dodgers as a 79 percent favorite before the first pitch, and by the time the game concluded that figure had reached 100 percent. All nine Dodgers runs came in the first inning, with the Angels managing just two runs — one in the opening frame and one in the ninth — and committing two errors against a clean Dodgers defense.
The first inning was the decisive sequence of the night and produced the game's most consequential win-probability swings. Andy Pages contributed a home run off Jack Kochanowicz that shifted the Dodgers' win probability by plus 3.8 percent, while a Freddie Freeman groundout in the same frame moved the needle an additional plus 4.8 percent as Los Angeles continued to pile on. Yoshinobu Yamamoto worked through the Angels' side efficiently, with a Nolan Schanuel groundout in the top of the first registering plus 8.3 percent win-probability added from the Angels' perspective — the largest single-play swing of the game — reflecting a bases-loaded situation that Yamamoto ultimately defused. A Donovan Walton groundout in the second inning off Yamamoto cost the Angels minus 5.1 percent, and Dalton Rushing's forceout in the home half of the second added plus 4.8 percent for Los Angeles, further cementing the outcome.
Among the top performers by WPA, Schanuel led all batters at plus 8.3 percent despite a negative RE24 of minus 0.6, indicating the Angels ultimately failed to convert the run-expectancy opportunity his plate appearance represented. Freeman finished at plus 5.5 percent WPA with a plus 0.3 RE24, and Rushing posted plus 5.0 percent WPA. The Angels finished with just three hits across nine innings, and the lopsided line score — nine runs for Los Angeles against none after the first — reflected a contest that offered little drama after the opening frame.