Ohhh boy — if you blinked Tuesday night, you missed a “rollercoaster” in Anaheim, folks. Picture this: Shohei Ohtani, back in his old stomping grounds at Angel Stadium, standing in the batter’s box with the game tied 5-5 in the sixth. He’s wearing Dodger blue now, sure, but the tension in that building? You could slice it with a baseball card.
Ohtani smacks a shot right up the middle — a clean, hard liner that “looked” like a guaranteed single… until Zach Neto, the Angels’ shortstop, became a human highlight reel.
Neto snags it mid-air like he was born with a glove on his hand, and the chaos begins.
Step one: He catches it. Boom.
Step two: He casually strolls to second base to double off the runner.
Step three: He spots Dalton Rushing still dazed and confused near first — and fires a strike to first baseman Nolan Schanuel for the triple play.
Just like that, “poof!” — inning over, fans in a frenzy, and Neto’s baseball résumé gets a shiny new bullet point.
And let’s be clear, folks — this was no routine web gem. This was Neto’s “first” triple play. Ever. The man even admitted, “I’ve only seen it on YouTube and on TikTok and everything.” Welcome to the club, Zach — you’re now the main character on Baseball TikTok.
Now, if you’re thinking Ohtani took that quietly… think again.
Fast forward to the top of the ninth — “bam!” Ohtani sends a missile into the stands, flipping the script and giving the Dodgers a 6-5 lead. It was classic Shohei: from heartbreak to hero mode in three innings flat.
But Anaheim had one more punch to throw.
Bottom of the ninth: Schanuel’s sac fly ties it up. Extra innings. Tension building.
Then Jo Adell steps up, chopper to third, chaos on the basepaths, walk-off win. Angels 7, Dodgers 6. Fireworks. Gatorade showers. You’d think they just clinched a playoff spot.
Instead, it was a rare, electric night in a rebuilding season — the kind of night where everything goes just wild enough to remind you why we “love” this game.
Triple play? Check. Ohtani bomb? Check. Walk-off? Check. Hollywood? Nah — just another Tuesday in Anaheim.
