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

The Chicago White Sox handed the Los Angeles Dodgers a 8-2 defeat at Rate Field on June 12, 2026, in a game that was effectively decided by a single dominant half-inning. The DiamondIQ model entered the game giving the White Sox a 45 percent chance of winning, but by the end of the fifth inning that figure had climbed to 100 percent as Chicago erupted for all seven of its remaining runs in one decisive frame.

The fifth inning was the story of the night and it unfolded almost entirely at Roki Sasaki's expense. Sam Antonacci opened the damage with a single that shifted win probability 15.8 points in Chicago's favor, the single largest swing of the game. Miguel Vargas followed with a double worth another 14.0 percentage points, and a Braden Montgomery walk added 7.8 more before Blake Treinen entered in relief. Treinen could not stop the bleeding, as Chase Meidroth singled for an 8.2-point swing and Tristan Peters capped the outburst with a triple worth 5.5 points. The cumulative effect of that inning left no meaningful path back for Los Angeles, which had scored its only two runs in the second.

Among individual performers, Vargas led all batters with a plus-15.0 WPA and a RE24 of plus-2.1, while Antonacci finished at plus-13.5 WPA and Meidroth contributed plus-11.9 WPA with a RE24 of plus-1.6. On the mound, Anthony Kay was the model's top-rated pitcher at plus-10.1 WPA, with Bryan Hudson and Trevor Richards providing clean relief work behind him. The Dodgers finished with just four hits and no margin to absorb the fifth-inning collapse.