Angels outfielder Jo Adell has made some impressive plays this season.
On Tuesday night, he did not have one of them.
Adell had himself a true Jose Canseco moment against the Rockies in the top of the fourth inning of an 8-2 loss when a fly ball was hit to right field by T.J. Rumfield and bounced off the Angel outfielder’s head and over the wall for a home run.
The bizarre moment seemed to match the way the night was going for the Angels, who were trailing 7-0 at that point in the game, only to fall behind by eight after the homer.
Rumfield sent the 0-2 pitch from Grayson Rodriguez high into the air, and Adell seemingly was able to chase the ball down.
Nevertheless, he did not line his glove up correctly, and the ball clipped the top of it and bounced right off his head, going over the wall.
Initially, everyone thought the ball had stayed in play, and Rumfield held up at second.
The blunder was the opposite of some of the impressive catches that Adell has made this season, which included one just the night before.
In the Angels’ 9-8 loss to the Rockies on Monday night, Adell made a catch in a similar spot despite Mike Trout running into him trying to chase the sixth-inning fly ball down.
Adell robbed three home runs in a single game on April 4 against the Mariners when he made catches on would-be dingers by Cal Raleigh, Josh Naylor and J.P. Crawford.
It was believed to be the first time that a single player had robbed three home runs in a single game in MLB history.
The play on Tuesday brought baseball fans back to May 26, 1993, when Carlos Martínez hit a ball to right field to then-Rangers outfielder Canseco. When the slugger tried to catch the ball, it hit off the top of his head and went over the wall for a home run in one of baseball’s most memorable bloopers.
