New York Yankees at Los Angeles Angels: Final Score & Recap

The New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels 6-3 at Angel Stadium on September 2, 2026, in a game that remained tightly contested through nine innings before New York erupted for five runs in the top of the tenth to pull away. The DiamondIQ model had pegged the Angels' pre-game win probability at 35%, a figure that eroded steadily and finished at 0% by the final out.

The decisive moment of the game came in the top of the tenth inning, when Austin Wells delivered a single off Angels reliever Luke Murphy that swung win probability by 47.1 percentage points, the largest single-play shift of the night. José Caballero followed with his own single off Murphy, adding another 24.7 percentage points to New York's advantage and helping manufacture the five-run outburst that ultimately separated the two clubs. The Angels briefly found life in the bottom of the seventh when Vaughn Grissom connected on a home run off Cam Schlittler, a swing worth 18.5 percentage points in Los Angeles's favor that kept the game within reach at the time. New York had drawn first blood in the fourth, when Amed Rosario doubled off Reid Detmers to generate a 12.1-point probability shift.

Among individual performers, Wells led all players with a WPA of plus 49.9% and an RE24 of plus 1.7, anchoring the Yankees' late offensive surge. Grissom was the Angels' brightest offensive contributor at plus 19.8% WPA and plus 1.1 RE24, while Caballero added plus 18.1% WPA for New York. On the pitching side, Detmers posted a plus 29.7% WPA despite surrendering the game-opening double to Rosario, indicating he kept Los Angeles competitive through much of his outing. Schlittler contributed plus 25.2% WPA and Ben Joyce added plus 13.5%, though the Angels' bullpen could not hold the line once the tenth inning unraveled.