123 Oakland Athletics pitcher Chris Bassitt who was released from a Chicago hospital Tuesday night after taking a line drive to the face received encouraging news on Wednesday.

What pitcher got hit in the face. Bryce Harper was hit in the face by a 97-mph fastball from a St. It was the disaster scenario of any baseball game an extremely rare incident too. Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Chris Bassitt is in the hospital after taking a 100-mph line drive to his face.

News is encouraging on As ace Chris Bassitt. Austin Voth broke his nose on the fastball that hit him in the face in the third inning Dave Martinez announces. The Oakland As had a scary moment early in their game on Tuesday.

The pitcher will now stay in Philadelphia to have it reset. Bryce Florie saw As pitcher Chris Bassitt crumple to the ground clutching the side of his head as trainers rushed to his aid. The terrifying incident occurred during the second inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night when Chicago outfielder Brian Goodwin hit a line drive directly back at Bassitt.

The pitcher of the Oakland Athletics a team of the North American Professional League MLB was struck head-on by the returned ball at full speed. 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. As pitcher has normal vision Bassitt will undergo surgery once swelling subsides By Matt Snyder.

Chris Bassitt was shot in the face. In the bottom of the 2nd inning a Chicago White Sox batter hit a 100 mph line drive directly back toward the mound and the ball. News is encouraging on As ace Chris Bassitt.

Miraculously he got away with it. The incident occurred in the second. After being hit in the face with a liner last night he sustained a fractured cheekbone and maxilla upper jawbone.