Cleveland Guardians at Los Angeles Angels: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
| LAA | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
The Story
The Cleveland Guardians outlasted the Los Angeles Angels 8-6 in ten innings at Angel Stadium on August 25, 2026, completing a comeback that erased an early two-run Angels advantage and eventually swinging the DiamondIQ model's estimate of a home win from 43 percent before first pitch all the way to zero. Cleveland trailed through the first two innings after Los Angeles scored twice in the first and three times in the second, but the Guardians chipped away with three runs of their own in the fourth and two more in the fifth before pushing the decisive margin across in extras.
The pivotal sequence of the game arrived in the top of the tenth inning against Angels reliever Blake Weiman. José Ramírez delivered a double that shifted win probability by plus 34.6 percent in Cleveland's favor, and Steven Kwan followed with a single that moved the needle an additional plus 32.0 percent, together accounting for the most consequential back-to-back swings of the evening. A Travis Bazzana flyout in the same frame represented the only notable interruption, costing Cleveland 13.3 percentage points before the Guardians ultimately plated two runs. On the Angels side, Denzer Guzman's strikeout against Cade Smith in the bottom of the tenth carried a win-probability swing of minus 14.7 percent, effectively closing the door on a Los Angeles rally that never fully materialized.
Kwan finished as the game's top performer by the DiamondIQ model's accounting, posting plus 51.4 percent WPA and a RE24 of plus 3.1, with Ramírez close behind at plus 50.7 percent WPA and plus 2.6 RE24. Vaughn Grissom added plus 21.3 percent WPA and plus 2.1 RE24 to round out Cleveland's most impactful offensive contributors. On the mound, Tayler Saucedo led all pitchers with plus 15.8 percent WPA, followed by Ben Joyce at plus 13.5 percent and Colin Holderman at plus 10.9 percent, as the Guardians' bullpen collectively preserved the two-run extra-inning lead. Cleveland finished with 13 hits and no errors while holding Los Angeles to nine hits and one error across ten innings.