Athletics at Los Angeles Angels: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
The Story
The Athletics handed the Los Angeles Angels a 9-3 defeat at Angel Stadium on June 26, 2026, with the outcome hinging almost entirely on a seven-run fifth inning that turned a tight game into a rout. The DiamondIQ model entered the game giving the home Angels a 46% win probability, but by the time Oakland finished batting in the fifth, that figure had collapsed toward zero, where it finished.
The fifth inning was the decisive sequence, and three singles off Walbert Ureña drove the bulk of the probability shift. Henry Bolte's single was the most damaging individual play of the game, adding 18.0% to the Athletics' win probability, followed by Alika Williams at plus 11.8% and Jeff McNeil at plus 11.2%. Those three hits in sequence effectively ended the Angels' realistic path to a comeback. Bolte finished as the game's top performer by WPA at plus 15.5% with a RE24 of plus 1.8, with Williams second at plus 10.4% and McNeil third at plus 8.2%. Before Oakland's explosion, Donovan Walton had given Angels fans brief optimism with a fourth-inning single off J.T. Ginn that added 10.6% to Los Angeles's win probability, and Jo Adell's fifth-inning home run off Ginn added another 6.5%, but those contributions were buried under Oakland's offensive surge.
On the mound, Hogan Harris and J.T. Ginn each contributed plus 0.8% WPA for their respective clubs, with José Fermin adding plus 0.1% for Oakland. The Athletics finished with 10 hits and zero errors, while the Angels committed two errors across their nine hits, the clean execution on Oakland's side reflecting the broader one-sided nature of the final.