Jo Adell robs Mariners of three homers in Angels' 1-0 win - ESPN

ANAHEIM, Calif. — You've done something special when Torii Hunter, a nine-time Gold Glove Award winner known for his acrobatic catches, calls what you just did «probably the greatest defensive game I've ever seen.»

That was the praise Hunter heaped on the Los Angeles Angels' Jo Adell after the right fielder 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 in a 1-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night.

«I've never seen three home run robberies in one game, and I've never seen a guy on the third one fall into the stands, catch the ball and keep his feet in like he's a wide receiver,» said Hunter, a special assistant to the general manager who watched the game from the bench. «I was jumping up and down. I almost passed out.»

Adell, who struggled on defense for several years before transforming into a Gold Glove finalist in 2024, leaped high above the yellow line on the wall in straightaway right field to deny Cal Raleigh of a solo homer in the first inning, and made a nearly identical catch to deny Josh Naylor in the eighth.

J.P. Crawford then led off the ninth with a drive toward the right-field corner, where Adell raced toward the ball, leaped to catch it, flipped over the low wall and fell into the first row of seats before holding up his glove to present the catch, which was upheld after a replay review.

«After the first one, I was pretty fired up,» Adell said. «When I got to the second one, which looked identical to the first, I thought, 'Wow, my routes are on point tonight.' The third one was just grit. Top of the ninth, you have to get it done. It was crazy.

»You just get there, then it's