Zach Neto leaves Angels’ victory after collision at home plate

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Angels’ 14-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday afternoon included an anxious moment. Zach Neto, their shortstop and leadoff hitter, was face down in the dirt around home plate after a collision . The injury took him off the field for the first time this season.

Zach Neto leaves Angels’ victory after collision at home plate. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Angels’ 14-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday afternoon included an anxious moment. Zach Neto, their shortstop and leadoff hitter, was face down in the dirt around home plate after a collision . The injury took him off the field for the first time this season. There was no immediate word on the nature or severity of the injury. Neto was at third with two outs in the seventh inning, when left-hander Ian Seymour chucked a fastball to the backstop. Neto bolted home with a feet-first slide. Seymour collided with him trying to cover the plate . Seymour fell into Neto’s upper back. Neto lay on the field, with his hand on the back of his neck, for a few minutes. Neto walked off the field, but he then left the game. Until then, he had played ever...