Bassitt gave up singles to Eloy Jiménez and Yoán Moncada to start the inning and White Sox outfielder Brian Goodwin lined Bassitts 1-1.

Getting hit in the face with a baseball. What makes getting hit in the face by a baseball so much more traumatic is that the contact area your face is small and so is the baseball. New York Mets outfielder Kevin Pillar took a 945-mph fastball to the face from Atlanta Braves reliever Jacob Webb in the seventh inning of their series. A scary incident that took place on Friday when the righty was belted on the upper right side of his face by a line drive while he was throwing in a simulated game in Fort Myers Fla.

It wasnt a glancing blow either. Baseball leads the way in sports injuries to the eyes. Baseball player Kevin Pillar hit in face.

Scary moment at Truist Park on Monday night. Mets player Kevin Pillar was hit in the face by a 94-mph fastball during Mondays game against the Braves. Chris Bassitt of the Oakland Athletics lies on the ground after being hit in the face by a line drive in the second inning off the bat of Brian Goodwin of the Chicago White Sox.

The team said he suffered multiple nasal. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. This means that when you take a line drive in the face all 175 joules of energy are absorbed into a single ball-shaped spot.

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports. What makes getting hit in the face by a baseball so much more traumatic is that the contact area your face is small and so is the baseball. The line drive was 1001 miles per hour off the bat and it didnt appear Bassitt got a glove on it.

Pillar became the second major leaguer hit in the face with a pitch in recent weeks. Oakland Athletics All-Star pitcher Chris Bassitt will require surgery after suffering a fractured right cheek when he was hit in the head with a 100mph line drive on Tuesday night in Chicago. Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harpertook a 97-mph fastball to the left cheek in an April 28 game against St.