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How Mike Trout Used Pokémon Cards to Help Break Zach Neto Out of Slump

Mike Trout’s card-packing ritual gave Zach Neto a mental reset before both Angels homered in a 4-3 win, Neto said.

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Zach Neto and Mike Trout went yard in the Angels' 4-3 win on Tuesday night, thanks in part to a rare Charizard card.

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The attempt to ‘catch them all’ led Zach Neto to almost ‘beat them all’ on Tuesday night. Angelinos’ short field told reporters after Los Angeles’ important 4-3 victory over the White Sox that opening some Pokémon cards before the game helped him get out of one of the worst batting streaks of his life. Neto explained, according to MLB.com, that Mike Trout approached him a few hours before the first pitch and told him that he had a box of cards a…

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Sportsnet broke the news in Canada on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
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