How do you link one of the Rockies’ most complete games of the season to Jose Canseco’s memorable fielding gaffe?

Here’s how: In the fourth inning of the Rockies’ 8-2 win over the Angels on Tuesday night, TJ Rumfield hit a 97.1 mph line drive to right center. Angels right fielder Jo Adell caught up to the ball, but it glanced off his glove, ricocheted off his forehead, and went over the yellow line for a home run. Adell’s header gave Rumfield his eighth homer of the season.

It was reminiscent of the moment Canseco used his noggin on May 26, 1993. In that game, Cleveland’s Carlos Martinez hit a high flyball to right field at old Municipal Stadium. Canseco, playing for the Rangers, whiffed on the catch, and the ball bounced off the top of his head for a homer.

Rumfield’s homer was one of three the Rockies launched Tuesday night. Hunter Goodman led off the second with a blast to left, his 15th homer of the season (11th on the road). In Colorado’s five-run fifth, Willi Castro mashed a 433-foot, three-run homer to right. Rumfield immediately followed up with his head-aided homer.

Starter Tomoyuki Sugano set the tone for the Rockies’ win, pitching five strong innings, allowing two runs on five hits, walking two, and striking out five. The veteran right-hander, Colorado’s most consistent starter, improved to 5-4 and trimmed his ERA to 3.98.

Key moments: Colorado sent nine hitters to the plate in the fourth inning, but all of its runs came with two outs. The onslaught began with three consecutive singles by Kyle Karros, Edouard Julien, and Jake McCarthy, and then came to homers by Castro and Rumfield.

Who’s hot: Leadoff hitter Jake McCarthy, who added a double in the sixth to go with his RBI single in the fourth. McCarthy has hit .327 (37 for 113) with eight doubles, two triples, four home runs, 23 RBIs, and five steals over his last 34 games.

Who’s not: Shortstop Ezequiel Tovar went 0 for 4 with a strikeout a night after he went 0 for 5 and struck out five times. Tovar drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to right field in the second. Tovar is hitting .212 with a .583 OPS.

Worth noting: By taking the first two games of the series at Angel Stadium, Colorado clinched its second series in a row. The Rockies won back-to-back series for the first time since Aug. 11-17, 2025, when they took two of three at St. Louis and three of four vs. Arizona.

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