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Ball bounces off Jo Adell's head for a home run

In a moment reminiscent of Jose Canseco, a fly ball hit Jo Adell's head and went over the right-field fence, resulting in a Rockies home run.

·Jun 3, 2026·via ESPN
Ball bounces off Jo Adell's head for a home run

Los Angeles Angels right fielder Jo Adell made headlines in April when he robbed three home runs in one game. On Tuesday night, he gave one back.

In a play he'd probably like to forget, Adell raced toward the right-field wall to track down a fly ball off TJ Rumfield 's bat in the fourth inning of Tuesday night's game against the Colorado Rockies .

Adell appeared to get under the ball for an easy out, but in a flashback to the infamous Jose Canseco play from May 1993, the ball nicked off his glove, then bounced off his head and over the fence for a home run.

The unfortunate play gave the Rockies a 8-0 lead. Adell shook it off and appeared to be OK, aside from being a little red in the face.

The play was eerily similar to Canseco's memorable outfield blunder, which happened when he was a member of the Texas Rangers and also occurred at the right-field wall. The Rangers lost that game 7-6 to Cleveland.

Adell was an unlikely candidate to bring back memories of Canseco's defensive gaffe. On April 5, he lit up social media when he made three homer-robbing catches , the last a spectacular leaping grab while crashing into the seats near the right-field foul pole in the ninth inning of a 1-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners .

_Originally reported by [ESPN](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48953462/ball-bonks-angels-adell-head-fence-home-run)._

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This story is summarized from coverage by ESPN.

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