ANAHEIM, Calif. — There appears to be no love lost between Zach Neto and Hunter Brown.
Neto, the Los Angeles Angels’ shortstop, made that known when he was hit on his right wrist in the third inning of a 3-2 Houston Astros win Friday. Brown’s 95 mph sinker ran in, and Neto, who crowds the plate, couldn’t get out of the way.
The benches cleared, words were yelled, but there were no ejections.
Neto was particularly upset because it was the second time Brown had hit him, dating back to a hit-by-pitch in a similar situation last season.
“You go back to the history that we have, it’s not the first time that he’s done it,” Neto said. “For him to go up and in like that again, it’s just enough is enough.”
