Los Angeles Angels at Seattle Mariners: Final Score & Recap

The Los Angeles Angels defeated the Seattle Mariners 7-5 at T-Mobile Park on September 25, 2026, overcoming a pregame environment in which the DiamondIQ model's estimate gave Seattle a 61 percent chance of winning at home. The Angels did their most decisive damage in the sixth inning, when Christian Moore launched a home run off Bryce Miller that swung win probability by 19.6 percent in Los Angeles's favor, the single largest play of the game. Moore finished as the top positional contributor by WPA at plus-18.7 percent with a RE24 of plus-1.6. The Angels added a run in the fourth on a Vaughn Grissom single off Miller, worth plus-6.5 percent in win probability, and Grissom ended the night at plus-11.7 percent WPA and plus-1.6 RE24. Wade Meckler also contributed meaningfully, finishing at plus-10.9 percent WPA and plus-1.4 RE24. Seattle threatened in the ninth with a three-run frame to cut the deficit to two, but Julio Rodriguez's flyout off Luke Murphy, which added 14.4 percent to Los Angeles's win probability from the Angels' perspective, ended the rally and sealed the result.

Reid Detmers was the dominant force on the pitching side, finishing with a remarkable plus-36.3 percent WPA as he suppressed the Seattle lineup across his time on the mound. Cole Young's double play in the second inning off Detmers cost Seattle 10.7 percent in win probability, and Weston Wilson's flyout in the fifth represented another minus-6.4 percent swing against the Mariners, both plays illustrating how thoroughly Detmers stifled Seattle's opportunities. Tayler Saucedo added plus-2.5 percent WPA in relief, and José Fermin contributed plus-0.2 percent. The Angels totaled 10 hits against Seattle's 7, and both teams committed one error. The model's estimate, which opened the night at 61 percent favoring Seattle, closed at zero percent as Los Angeles completed the road victory.