ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Los Angeles Angels have had many dangerous video games already this season, however Tuesday evening’s 8-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies crossed the road into weird territory.
They’d already fallen behind 3-0 by the highest of the second inning, however it was the fourth inning that put the sport out of attain and featured probably the most weird dwelling run of the season.
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The Rockies put collectively three straight singles on two outs to attain one run and Willie Castro put an exclamation level on the burgeoning rally with a three-run dwelling run to enhance the Rockies to a 7-0 lead.
Paige Creason – The Sporting Tribune
Los Angeles Angels right-handed pitcher Grayson Rodriguez (21) pitches through the MLB recreation towards the Colorado Rockies Tuesday June 2nd, 2026 at Angel’s Stadium in Anaheim, Calif.
“It’s obviously, rough night [for] Grayson. Two outs, nobody on base and then five runs,” Angels supervisor Kurt Suzuki stated. “[It’s] his fourth start since 2024, so I think the positive thing is he’s out there, he’s pitching, he’s competing. We expect there’s going to be some rust.”
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An unlucky fourth
On first look, it will seem to be Castro’s blast can be the spotlight of the inning.
But, it was TJ Rumfield’s dwelling run proper after Castro’s that stole the present and can doubtless dominate spotlight reels for the subsequent few days, not due to something Rumfield did, however due to how the ball truly did go away the park.
Off the bat, Rumfield’s fly ball was simply that, a fly ball, one that will have been routine in some other circumstance.
This was not some other circumstance. Jo Adell squared up beneath the touchdown spot of the fly ball, however missed it along with his glove utterly. To make issues worse, fairly than the ball dropping to the bottom, it bounced straight off the highest of Adell’s head and hit towards the proper discipline wall at Angel Stadium, above the yellow dwelling run line.
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Adell takes the blame
“It’s kind of the icing on the cake, because I was s***ty all the way around the whole day… It was more than just that play, but it’s kind of disappointing that it happened,” Adell stated.
After some deliberation by the umpire crew, it was dominated a house run, scoring Colorado’s eighth run of the sport and chasing Rodriguez off the mound.
“He brought three homers [back] earlier this year… It’s baseball. It’s a crazy game,” Rodriguez stated of Adell’s mishap. “Obviously, he didn’t do that on purpose. All you can do is really just move on.”
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Sam Aldegheri, who was referred to as up from Triple-A Salt Lake earlier within the day, got here in for aid and pitched the rest of the sport, going 5.1 scoreless inning whereas permitting 4 hits and two walks whereas placing out 5, however the injury, weird because it was, had already been accomplished.