ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — TJ Rumfield got a gift when his long flyball bounced off Jo Adell's head for a most unusual home run, and the Colorado Rockies defeated the Los Angeles Angels 8-2 on Tuesday night.
Willi Castro hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning and Hunter Goodman had a solo shot in the second. Tomoyuki Sugano (5-4) allowed two runs in five innings for the Rockies, who have won four of five after losing eight of nine.
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Colorado Rockies pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Colorado Rockies' Hunter Goodman, right, gestures as he rounds second while Los Angeles Angels shortstop Oswald Peraza stands by during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Colorado Rockies' Hunter Goodman, left, hits a solo home run as Los Angeles Angels catcher Sebastián Rivero watches during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Angels right fielder Jo Adell misplays a ball hit by Colorado Rockies' TJ Rumfield that hit him in the head and then bounced out for a solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Angels right fielder Jo Adell misplays a ball hit by Colorado Rockies' TJ Rumfield that hit him in the head and then bounced out for a solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Castro and Rumfield hit back-to-back homers in the fourth off starter Grayson Rodriguez (2-2), who gave up eight runs, eight hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings.
With the Rockies holding a 7-0 lead, Rumfield sent a drive to deep right-center, where the ball grazed the outside of Adell's glove before hitting his head and bounding over the wall.
There was brief confusion on the field when the ball caromed back into the outfield. Rumfield stopped at second base, initially unsure of the ruling, before proceeding around the bases.
Goodman hit his 15th homer to left field in the second. He has homered in back-to-back games. Ezequiel Tovar had a sacrifice fly in the inning, and Edouard Julien added an RBI single that made it 3-0.
Castro's three-run homer to right made it 7-0 in a five-run fourth.
Wade Meckler had a two-run double for the Angels in the fifth before a trio of Rockies relievers combined for four scoreless innings.
Rockies RHP Michael Lorenzen (2-7, 7.22 ERA) faces RHP Walbert Ureña (2-4, 2.44) in the series finale Wednesday night.
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Colorado Rockies pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Colorado Rockies' Hunter Goodman, right, gestures as he rounds second while Los Angeles Angels shortstop Oswald Peraza stands by during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Colorado Rockies' Hunter Goodman, left, hits a solo home run as Los Angeles Angels catcher Sebastián Rivero watches during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Angels right fielder Jo Adell misplays a ball hit by Colorado Rockies' TJ Rumfield that hit him in the head and then bounced out for a solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Angels right fielder Jo Adell misplays a ball hit by Colorado Rockies' TJ Rumfield that hit him in the head and then bounced out for a solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two Democrats and a Republican were leading in early returns Tuesday in California's crowded primary for governor, a campaign that tested voters' appetites for an experienced politician or candidates promising change.
Democrat Xavier Becerra, a former state attorney general and U.S. health secretary, pitched himself as a steady leader able to work the levers of government. Meanwhile fellow Democrat and billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer promised progressive change. And Republican Steve Hilton, a conservative commentator and former British political adviser, said he would give the famously liberal state a badly needed reset after years of one-party rule.
“Change is coming to California, and it’s long overdue," Hilton said in Southern California on election night.
California puts all candidates on a single primary ballot regardless of party, and the top two finishers advance to the November general election. About 60 candidates were on the ballot, most of them largely unknown to the state’s roughly 23 million voters.
The end of the voting period, which began in early May, concludes a chaotic contest without a clear front-runner. Candidates tried to elbow each other out in the final stretch as each sought to convince voters that they were best prepared to lead the most populous state and one of the world's largest economies.
Republican Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and Democrats Katie Porter, a former member of Congress; and Matt Mahan, the mayor of San Jose were among other contenders in the race. Mahan conceded in a speech to supporters shortly after polls closed.
The through line of the race was how to tackle the state's notoriously high cost of living.
Drivers were paying $6.08 per gallon at the pump as of the end of May, $1.65 higher than the national average, according to AAA. Meanwhile the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office has estimated that the typical home is about $775,000, more than double the national average. And Californians pay the second-highest residential electricity rates behind Hawaii, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Steyer campaigned as a progressive, promising to eliminate private health insurance in favor of a government-run system with no premiums and to raise taxes on corporations and the ultrawealthy like himself.
"We should have a system based on fairness, not asking for fairness, where the most privileged pay their fair share, not by charity but by law,” he said.
Meanwhile Hilton said he would make Californians' first $100,000 free of income tax, increase oil production and freeze in-state tuition at public colleges and to try to make the state more affordable.
Democratic leaders have not done enough to bring costs down, said Republican Rosamaria Cerezo, a 57-year-old substitute teacher who planned to vote for Hilton.
“Both my husband and I have two jobs each just to make ends meet,” she said.
Earlier in the race, Democrats worried about possibly being locked out of the general election even though they count 45% of the state's registered voters compared to Republicans' 25%.
The concern was that their relatively crowded field of candidates could split the Democratic vote enough for the two Republicans to advance under the single primary system, which was first used at the statewide level in 2014. But in the race's final days, it was Republicans who feared a potential lockout.
Brett Christensen, a 55-year-old school safety monitor from Orange who is not registered in a political party but tends to vote Republican, chose Hilton.
“He’s the only viable Republican candidate that can make it to the runoff,” Christensen said.
Becerra, who had struggled to gain traction early on in the race, started raising more money and picking up powerful endorsements in recent months. He says his years of political experience have prepared him to lead the state.
“I ran for the job because I know how important California is as a shining light to the world,” he said in a speech Tuesday night.
But that momentum also made him a target, and his rivals criticized his leadership as health secretary including his handling of an influx of unaccompanied migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021, when Becerra's Department of Health and Human Services was responsible for shelters where they were housed.
Democrat Tamara Alton, a 65-year-old marriage and family therapist, was voting for Becerra because of his experience.
“I'm going to go with him because I want somebody that knows what they're doing,” Alton said.
Steyer's campaign spent or booked more than $203 million in ads for broadcast TV, cable and radio, according to tracker AdImpact. On the campaign trail, he was attacked over past investments in fossil fuels and private prisons at a hedge-fund he founded in the 1980s and left more than a decade ago to focus on political giving and climate activism. And some accused him of trying to buy the election.
“Some folks are out to prove that they can actually buy elections," Becerra said in an interview with a popular YouTube channel that he promoted on social media Tuesday. “We're going to prove just the opposite — money does not buy you leadership in California.”
But some Democratic voters said they chose Steyer despite uneasiness with his wealth because of his focus on tackling climate change.
Jude Mayer, 24, said she was not thrilled about voting for a billionaire but Steyer “is talking about the environment in the way that I want to hear about it.”
All California voters receive a mail ballot, and election officials count those that are received up to a week after Election Day so long as they are postmarked by then. That often results in a drawn-out count, with no winners declared until days or even weeks later.
It is the first time in over two decades that there has not been a political superstar in the governor’s race. In 2003, A-list actor and Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger rocketed into office in a recall election that ousted then-Gov. Gray Davis; in 2010, former Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown cemented a political comeback by winning nearly three decades after his first two terms; and in 2018, Newsom had already established a national profile after stints as lieutenant governor and San Francisco mayor and won easily.
Associated Press writer Amy Taxin in Orange, California, contributed.
People watch results at an election night event for California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton speaks during an election night event Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Huntington Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton addresses supporters during a final Election Day campaign event Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Huntington Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Strazzante)
California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra thanks Amy Perez for her support as he passes out cookies at the Planned Parenthood headquarters in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton addresses supporters during a final Election Day campaign event Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Huntington Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Strazzante)
