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.

Blue Jays 3 Braves 4

That wasn’t Kevin Gausman’s best game. 6 innings, 5 hits, 4 earned, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts and a home run. Of course, when you get 18 outs and 8 of them are strikeouts, it seems like it should be a good game. But, he gave up 2 in the first (a walk, a double and a sac fly), 1 in the third (double and a single) and 1 in the sixth (a Matt Olson home run).

Our bullpen put up two scoreless innings.

On offense, we had 9 hits, with a Kazuma Okamoto two-run home run and a Vladimir Guerrero double. You would think we could have scored more than 3 runs.

We got two hits each from Nathan Lukes, Ernie Clement, Yohendrick Piñango and Okamoto. But then there were 0 fors from George Springer, Daulton Varsho, Andrés Giménez and Brandon Valenzuela. Being 0 for 6 with RISP is a recipe for a loss.

Jays of the Day: Okamoto (0.31 WPA), and Lukes (0.12).

The Other Award: Giménez (-0.23). Gausman (-0.19), Jesús Sánchez (-0.14, all for a ninth inning out to end the game), Springer (-0.12), Piñango (-0.12), and Valenzuela (-0.10).

Tomorrow we have Patrick Corbin (2-1, 3.65) going against Grant Holmes (3-2, 3.95).

I did have a nice evening, with three beers and nice conversation. All it needed was a win.

Iowa Cubs RHP Yacksel Rios was released.

Shortstop Alex Madera was demoted from Double-A Knoxville to Single-A South Bend.

Right-hander Jhon Rosario was promoted from rookie ball ACL Cubs to Low-A Myrtle Beach.

The Dominican Summer League started on Monday. As always, I don’t report on the comings and goings of the DSL because I can’t think of much that’s more worthless to player evaluation than DSL stats. Or at least the daily comings and goings of a bunch of 17-year-olds. But I did want you to know that the DSL is underway.

Iowa Cubs

The Iowa Cubs laid an egg against the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 16-1.

Starter Ty Blach got hammered for ten runs, nine earned, on ten hits over 4+ innings. Three of those hits were home runs including a grand slam in the fifth to the final batter Blach faced. Blach walked one and did not strike anyone out.

The I-Cubs bats were stymied by rehabbing Justin Verlander, who went five scoreless innings, giving up just four hits. It was the first Triple-A win for Verlander in his career. Iowa only had six hits total.

Three of those six hits came off the bat of second baseman James Triantos, who was 3 for 4 with a double and the only Iowa run scored.

Shortstop Scott Kingery was 2 for 2 and was hit by a pitch.

Matt Shaw played six innings in center field in a rehab assignment. He was o for 3.

Triantos’ double off of Verlander.

Knoxville Smokies

The Knoxville Smokies were feudalized by the Birmingham Barons (White Sox), 7-6.

The Smokies went with an opener and Frankie Scalzo Jr. pitched the first inning without allowing a run. Scalzo did give up one hit and one walk. He struck out one.

Yenrri Rojas pitched the next three innings and took the loss. Rojas allowed seven runs on six hits. He walked two and struck out three.

The Smokies then got three scoreless. innings of relief from Tyler Santana and two from Marino Santy.

Right fielder Alex Ramírez went 2 for 4 with a stolen base. He scored one run and drove in one.

DH Owen Ayers was 1 for 3 with two walks. He scored once.

A nice outfield assist from Ramírez.

South Bend Cubs

The South Bend Cubs arrested the Quad Cities River Bandits (Royals), 8-4.

Starter Alfredo Romero put South Bend in a hole by giving up four runs on two hits and five walks over three innings. Romero struck out one.

Jackson Brockett pitched the next four innings, didn’t allow a run, and got the win. Brockett surrendered just two hits and one walk. He struck out two.

Kenyi Perez got a two-inning save. He faced seven batters. He walked one of them. He struck out the other six. That’s pretty good, right?

Center fielder Josiah Hartshorn hit his third home run in the Midwest League in the first inning with the bases empty. It was Hartshorn’s eighth overall home run. He finished the night going 3 for 5 with a double and the home run. His single in the ninth drove in two, so he had three total RBI. Hartshorn scored twice.

First baseman Drew Bowser was 2 for 4 with a two-run double in the fourth. He scored once.

Third baseman Matt Halbach was 2 for 5 with a double and one runs scored.

Right fielder Miguel Olivo was 2 for 4. He drove in a run with a single in the ninth and scored on Hartshorn’s single.

I’m pretty sure Hartshorn’s home run bounced into the the Mississippi.

RBI doubles for Miguel Useche and Bowser. Useche was 1 for 4.

Myrtle Beach Pelicans

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans were bitten by the Charleston RiverDogs (Rays), 4-3 in ten innings.

Starter Edwardo Melendez gave up two runs on six hits over 3.2 innings. Melendez walked three and struck out two.

Daniel Avitia threw the next 3.2 innings and didn’t allow a run. He surrendered one hit and walked four. He struck out two.

Aiden Moffett went the rest of the way, gave up two runs in the bottom of the tenth and got the loss. Moffett allowed two runs, one earned, on one hit over 1.2 innings. He struggled with control as Moffett walked two (including walking in the winning run) and threw three wild pitches.

Second baseman Alexis Hernandez was 2 for 4 with a walk and two steals. He scored one run.

Edward Vargas drove in the automatic runner in the tenth with a single. He was 1 for 4.

ACL Cubs

Lost to the Guardians, 13-6.

Jo Adell made history with a trio of home run robberies earlier this year. Now, the Los Angeles Angels right fielder joined Jose Canseco in a most embarrassing fraternity — outfielders who have bounced balls off their head and over the fence for a home run.

Adell's moment of ignominy occurred Tuesday, June 2 when Colorado Rockies designated hitter TJ Rumfield hit a fly ball to right center field in the top of the fourth inning; Adell seemed poised to catch it easily in stride.

But he apparently lost the ball in Angel Stadium's twilight sky. As he reached to catch it, the ball instead glanced off his glove and bounced off his cap — and over the yellow line signifying a home run.

It was a near carbon-copy of the fly ball Cleveland's Carlos Martinez sent to right field at old Municipal Stadium on May 26, 1993. Canseco, once a decent outfielder but by then a large and stiff specimen addled by years of steroid use, chased it down yet missed it entirely, the ball bonking off his dome and over the wall, a viral video before the phrase even existed.

Adell is no Canseco. He set what's believed to be a modern record by robbing three home runs in a single game on April 5 against Seattle. This time, he simply missed.

After Rumfield rounded the bases, the last-place Angels trailed the Rockies 8-0. The Rockies went on to win the game, 8-2, dropping the Angels to 23-39, the worst record in the American League.

The White Sox have lost back-to-back games to the Twins, falling 6-4 tonight. Davis Martin fought with his command all night, unable to make it through five innings. While the offense didn’t provide, the poor pitching performance certainly was a catalyst for a tough loss. The bullpen took control in the late innings, but loading the bases and leaving them stranded moments later also hurt the momentum this team carried into Minnesota.

There was not much action in the game until the third inning, just a pair of Twins singles that went nowhere. Connor Prielipp gave up a leadoff walk to Luisangel Acuña in the third, who stole second and third before reaching home on a throwing error, putting the first run of the game on the board. With one out, Chase Meidroth singled, and Randal Grichuk followed up with a double. Miguel Vargas would be the decision-maker, plating two runs with a single. Edgar Quero also singled, but two outs would quickly follow, including an unfortunate two-out bunt decision from Derek Hill.

Martin would also face a little trouble on the base paths in the bottom of the third. Tristan Gray singled and advanced on a questionable balk call. Alex Jackson singled, and Brooks Lee’s sac fly would send a run in. Martin was able to work through the rest of the inning, only giving up the one run despite some sloppy defense from his teammates.

Martin struggled again in the bottom of the fourth. Trevor Larnach doubled, and he gave up a walk to Austin Martin. Luke Keaschall doubled, giving the Twins another run with two on base and only one out. Gray gave the Twins the lead with an RBI single, sending in two runs before then getting to second base. Gray stole third and got home after a single from Jackson. Another base hit, this time from Byron Buxton, would get the bullpen stirring after Martin surrendered five hits in the inning. A double play would thankfully end any additional threat.

The Twins kept the White Sox in check for two straight innings, and Martin continued to wrestle with his command. Despite starting the fifth with a strikeout, he gave up back-to-back walks right after. Those free passes would haunt him when Keaschall singled, and Sam Antonacci couldn’t get the ball home in time. After the run, Martin stepped out for Sean Newcomb to take over and end the fifth. Alas, the Twins were up 6-3.

The seventh would start with back-to-back singles, a wild pitch, and then an RBI single from Meidroth, putting the Good Guys within two.

Colson Montgomery, who came in to face the righty once the bullpen arrived, was plunked to load the bases, but Antonacci left them stranded with a strikeout. The eighth would see two runners on base, but no runs would cross, and the ninth fell flat for the South Siders. They stranded nine runners on base tonight and 16 over the last two nights, costing them the series.

That off day can’t come soon enough.

As far as Tuesdays in June go, this one wasn’t pretty in The Bronx.

Not only did Aaron Judge miss his first game of the season with the bone bruise near his right shoulder that was diagnosed a day earlier, Cam Schlittler, who started the day as the American League Cy Young favorite, delivered his worst outing of the season.

It ended with a bullpen in need of reinforcements getting knocked around, as the Yankees fell to Cleveland 9-4 and have lost nine of their 12 games against teams above .500.

“His stuff was down just a tick,” Aaron Boone said of Schlitter. “The past couple of times it’s been a little bit down. … He lacked some of his normal power and location.”

Boone added he wasn’t concerned about Schlittler being off and the right-hander acknowledged, “I just didn’t have my stuff [and] they had a good approach and made me fight.”

Schlittler, so important to the rotation while the Yankees were without Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón, said he wasn’t pleased with his four-seam fastball and his mechanics were affected.

It was a rare slip for Schlittler after the Yankees entered the game having won six of their past seven and came back to the Stadium to face the Guardians, leading the AL Central despite the second-lowest payroll in the majors ($88 million).

Cleveland got the better of Yankees pitching time and time again, and after the Yankees scored four runs off lefty Joey Cantillo in just four innings, Cleveland’s bullpen shut them down.

It all started with Schlittler’s clunker, as he allowed a career-high five runs, four earned, in just 4 ¹/₃ innings.

He retired the first seven batters he faced before light-hitting catcher Patrick Bailey tripled to center with one out and scored on a sacrifice fly by Brayan Rocchio.

The Yankees went ahead in the bottom of the inning on Paul Goldschmidt’s two-run homer, as Goldschmidt played with a tight back.

He had three hits through four innings before the Yankees went cold.

Cleveland’s offense made them pay, as Kyle Manzardo took Schlittler deep to right to put the Yankees in a 3-2 hole in the fourth.

Goldschmidt delivered again in the bottom of the inning, this time with a two-run single to right to put the Yankees up, 4-3.

But the Guardians got to Schlittler again in the fifth.

The bottom of the lineup loaded the bases with no one out in the fifth with a Steven Kwan single, a costly error by Amed Rosario at third on Bailey’s grounder and a hit by pitch by Rocchio.

Following a visit from pitching coach Matt Blake, Travis Bazzana’s sacrifice fly tied it and José Ramirez doubled to right to drive in another run, as the Yankees fell behind and Schlitter’s night was over.

Brent Headrick got out of the inning, but Cleveland added to their lead in the seventh against the struggling Tim Hill, as Rocchio singled, stole second and then swiped third by taking off from second and beating Hill to the bag, with Rosario far from the base.

Ramirez doubled in Rocchio to make it 6-4.

Cleveland tried to give the Yankees new life in the bottom of the frame.

Cody Bellinger was on first base with two out when Trent Grisham popped up in front of the plate down the third base line.

Ramirez bumped Bailey, the catcher, who dropped it to extend the inning, but Volpe grounded out.

Camilo Doval allowed a three-run double to Bazzana to seal it for the Guardians.

“We didn’t hold them down enough,” Boone said. “Especially with Cam, you put four [runs] on the board, you’re usually gonna be in position to win, but it got away from us late.”

MILWAUKEE — The Giants got a taste of what they gave up, and it had to be a bitter pill to swallow with the way Kyle Harrison mowed through their meager lineup Tuesday night.

San Francisco had no answers for its former top prospect in an 8-3 loss to the Brewers.

Facing his former team for the first time since he was traded last summer for Rafael Devers (and again this winter, to Milwaukee), Harrison held the Giants scoreless for 5 ⅔ innings and departed to a standing ovation after matching a career high in strikeouts.

Besides a solo shot from Willy Adames with two outs in the sixth, the best piece of contact the Giants put on any of Harrison’s pitches might’ve been a foul ball from Jonah Cox that landed in the second deck — only on the wrong side of the foul pole.

Cox came up empty on his next swing, going down as Harrison’s 11th of 12 strikeout victims.

It proved to be quite the contrast to the performance the Giants got from their starting pitcher.

By the time he took the mound for the second inning, Harrison had already been spotted a three-run lead by Trevor McDonald, his former minor-league teammate.

McDonald walked the first two batters he faced and, after getting two outs, served up a 412-foot home run off the batter’s eye in center field to Jake Bauers that scored all three.

That was more than enough support for Harrison, who hasn’t allowed three runs in any of his 11 starts this season. He hadn’t surrendered any for 23 consecutive innings until Adames snuck a line drive over the left field wall.

His 1.57 ERA is the second-best in the majors.

What it means

Starting pitching problems have plagued the Giants all season, only becoming more glaring in contrast to Harrison. McDonald became their first starter in three games to complete five innings, but he still buried them in a hole they couldn’t climb out of after just the first inning.

San Francisco fell to 9-29 when allowing its opponent to score first.

President of baseball operations Buster Posey made the bold move to trade away Harrison, but he didn’t replenish the pitching depth — and it has shown.

The Giants’ 4.94 ERA from their starters is the second-worst in the majors — ahead of only the Rockies, who have to play half their games at Coors Field. It doesn’t help that their bullpen, which lost Tyler Rogers, Camilo Doval and Randy Rodriguez, has surrendered 13 runs to the Brewers the past two games, including a four-spot in the eighth inning after the Giants had rallied to cut the deficit to one.

Who’s hot

Hardly anybody right now for the Giants, who fell to 5-14 over their past 19 games, tied with the Cubs — who lost 10 straight at one point — for the worst record since May 13.

The highly paid left side of their infield is at least showing signs of life.

Adames’ homer was his second in the past three games, and he’s batting .294 with an .852 OPS since the start of May after reaching base three times Tuesday night.

A night earlier, third baseman Matt Chapman ended the longest homerless drought of his career with his second long ball of the season — after slapping doubles the previous two games.

Who’s not

Let’s call it for what it is: Tony Vitello.

With the lefty Harrison on the mound, the manager removed two of the team’s hottest hitters from the lineup, opting to go with journeyman utilityman Buddy Kennedy over Bryce Eldridge as the designated hitter and rookie Victor Bericoto over Jung Hoo Lee in right field.

Vitello explained that the decisions had to do with matchups.

But Eldridge has never had dramatic left-right splits, and Harrison has even exhibited reverse splits with lefties posting an OPS 50 points higher against him than righties.

Kennedy, a career .177 hitter, was a non-factor with two strikeouts and a weak pop-up in three at-bats. Bericoto, at least, contributed one of the Giants’ 10 hits.

Eldridge and Lee each contributed pinch-hit RBI singles in a two-run rally in the eighth, but Drew Gilbert flew out to end the threat, which proved to be too little, too late.

The questionable lineup decisions come on the heels of back-to-back games where Vitello allowed his starting pitcher to exhaust 96 pitches over just four innings.

Up next

Losers of seven of their past eight, the Giants still have two more games against the NL Central-leading Brewers. On the bright side, they won’t have to face Jacob Misiorowski.

The schedule doesn’t get any lighter: San Francisco’s opponents for the rest of the month have a combined .562 winning percentage, the toughest slate for the month of any team in MLB.