Los Angeles Angels at Boston Red Sox: Final Score & Recap

The Los Angeles Angels silenced Fenway Park on September 9, 2026, defeating the Boston Red Sox 6-4 in a game that was effectively decided before the fourth inning began. Los Angeles entered as significant underdogs, with the DiamondIQ model's estimate placing Boston's pre-game win probability at 69 percent, but a five-run third inning obliterated that advantage in a single frame and left the Red Sox chasing a deficit they could never fully close.

The decisive sequence came in the top of the third against Red Sox starter Jake Bennett. Zach Neto delivered the game's most impactful play, a home run that swung win probability 18.5 percent in the Angels' favor, and Jose Siri followed with another home run worth an additional 10.2 percent swing, the two blasts forming the backbone of that five-run outburst. The Angels added a run in the fourth before Boston began its rally, getting a solo home run from Wilyer Abreu off Ryan Johnson in the sixth and a run in the fifth. Roman Anthony's flyout in the bottom of the ninth, while generating a 12.0 percent win-probability swing in Boston's direction, ultimately came in a losing cause as the Red Sox fell one run short.

Neto finished as the game's top performer by the DiamondIQ model's measure, posting a WPA of plus-19.5 percent and a RE24 of plus-2.4, while Siri and Anthony each registered a WPA of plus-13.4 percent. On the pitching side, Ryan Johnson led all pitchers with a plus-12.6 percent WPA, supported by Samy Natera Jr. at plus-5.2 percent and Tayler Saucedo at plus-3.6 percent, as the Angels' bullpen preserved a lead that their offense had established emphatically and early.