Zach Neto's 10th-inning single gives Angels a victory over Mariners

Jeff Fletcher, The Orange County Register on Jul 26, 2025

Published in Baseball

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Zach Neto delivered in the end for the Angels.

Neto’s roller through the right side drove in the winning run in the Angels’ 3-2, 10-inning victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.

It was the first career walk-off hit for Neto, who also celebrated his first bobblehead giveaway at Angel Stadium on Friday.

Logan O’Hoppe began the bottom of the 10th with a fly ball to deep center, which moved automatic runner Kevin Newman to third.

LaMonte Wade Jr. walked and then Luis Rengifo hit a bouncer to third, and Newman, who was going on contact, was easily out at the plate.

The Angels then needed a hit, and Neto delivered, perfectly placing his ground ball just out of the reach of diving second baseman Cole Young.

Neto also made a good play to help the Angels get out of the top of the inning.

J.P. Crawford bunted but Newman, the third baseman, over ran it and the ball dropped over his head. Neto came in behind Newman, gloved it and flipped the ball from his glove to pitcher Ryan Zeferjahn, who was covering third.

Zeferjahn then got Julio Rodriguez on a fly ball and struck out slugger Cal Raleigh.

The late-game execution helped the Angels (50-54) snap their four-game losing streak, winning a game that had been dominated by the pitchers.

Angels starter José Soriano gave up a pair of solo homers to Rodriguez – in the first and sixth innings – and nothing else.

Otherwise, the only jam of any consequence was in the second inning, when he hit a batter and walked one. He escaped with a groundout and a strikeout.

It was the second straight quality start for Soriano, who gave up two runs in seven innings against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon.

As usual, Soriano got most of his outs on ground balls. Of his 18 outs, half were on the ground and five were strikeouts.

After Soriano was done, left-hander Brock Burke and left-hander Reid Detmers worked a scoreless inning apiece.

For Detmers, it was an encouraging bounce-back performance after he’d allowed four runs in his previous five innings.

Detmers struck out the Mariners’ two best hitters: Rodriguez and Raleigh. After allowing a single to newly acquired Josh Naylor, Detmers struck out Randy Arozarena to retire the side.

Closer Kenley Jansen then pitched a perfect ninth on just nine pitches.

The Angels’ pitchers had to match the Mariners, who dominated outside of a first-inning hiccup.

The only runs the Angels scored in the first eight innings came on one swing of Jo Adell’s bat in the first inning.

Adell had been in a 1-for-20 slump coming into the game, so he might have been the only Angels player happy to see Seattle All-Star right-hander Bryan Woo. Adell hit two homers in the only other game in which he faced Woo.

In the first inning, Adell came to the plate with two outs and runners at first and second, and he yanked a line drive down the left field line. Both runs scored on Adell’s double for a 2-1 lead.

That was all the Angels managed against Woo, though.

Logan O’Hoppe led off the second with a double and was stranded, and the Angels didn’t get a runner into scoring position through the rest of Woo’s six innings.

The Angels’ next runner in scoring position was in the 10th inning, when they started with one there.

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