Angels’ Taylor Ward injured after crashing into metal scoreboard at Astros’ park

01 September 2025 , 10:22

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Angels’ Taylor Ward injured after crashing into metal scoreboard at Astros’ park

Angels outfielder Jo Adell criticized the field conditions at Daikin Park — home of the Astros — after one of his teammates was injured while attempting a play in the field.

Taylor Ward was playing left field for the Angels on Sunday when he tried to catch a ball hit in the eighth inning by Astros infielder Ramón Urías, which led to Ward crashing into a metal out-of-town scoreboard located in left field.

The sound of Ward hitting the scoreboard was clearly heard on the broadcast, and Ward immediately signaled for a trainer to come out and check on him.

Scary moment in Houston, as Taylor Ward slams into the out-of-town scoreboard in left field.

Ward left the game with towels covering his face.pic.twitter.com/vfU7dR8lgj

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Relievers Andrew Chafin and Kenley Jansen came rushing out of the Angels bullpen with towels to put on Ward’s head and again signaled for a trainer. 

After the game — a 3-0 win for Los Angeles — Adell tore into the stadium’s design. 

“He’s doing what he’s supposed to do. He’s being aggressive on a play,” Adell said, according to the Orange County Register. “At the bottom line, and I’ve talked about this before, but there should be no out-of-town metal scoreboard anywhere on the baseball field. It’s the big leagues. This s–t is ridiculous. A guy goes back to make a play, and he’s got to worry about a metal fence. That’s crazy. So that’s my honest opinion about it. He did everything he could to make a play, and he gets beat up by something that’s beyond controllable.”

Interim manager Ray Montgomery said after the game that Ward was “maybe going to the hospital to get some stitches” and that he had suffered a cut above his eye. 

Montgomery wasn’t sure if Ward had been looked at for a concussion and said that “the only saving grace” had been that he wasn’t bracing himself for the collision. 

“It looked like something on the wall may have clipped his eye or cut his eye. I’m hoping he’s fine,” he said.

Sophia Martinez