Benches cleared during the third inning of Friday’s game between the Los Angeles Angels and Houston Astros at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., after Hunter Brown hit Zach Neto with a pitch.

Los Angeles Angels shortstop and Houston Astros starting pitcher tell their sides of the hit-by-pitch situation that occurred in Friday's game.

After Houston Astros starting pitcher Hunter Brown hit Los Angeles Angels’ shortstop Zach Neto with a pitch, tempers flared in the third inning of the Astros' 3-2 extra-innings win Friday night ...

Two “strikes” is all Zach Neto was willing to give Hunter Brown. After Brown, the Astros ace, hit Neto with a pitch in the third inning Friday night for the second time in their respective young ...

Tensions ran high during the third inning of the matchup between the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim on ...

Still in the game, Neto reached second on a Mike Trout walk but failed to score after Brown got the third out on a grounder from Taylor Ward. The Astros won the game in extras 3-2, the Angels ...

In an already tense Astros vs. Angels matchup, pitcher Hunter Brown drilled shortstop Zach Neto with a 94.8 mph sinker, leading to a dramatic benches clearing incident. Advertisement.

Things started to heat up in Anaheim after Houston Astros ace Hunter Brown threw an inside pitch, stinging LA Angels' Zach Neto during the third inning of the game on Friday.

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 ...

Houston Astros pitcher Hunter Brown, center, yells at Los Angeles Angels shortstop Zach Neto after hitting him with a pitch during the third inning of a baseball game Friday, June 20, 2025, in ...

Zach Neto has been hit many times in his young MLB career. This one set him off. Benches clear in Astros-Angels after Zach Neto takes exception to Hunter Brown HBP ...