The underside of the sixth inning between the Yankees and Pirates in Pittsburgh on Friday supplied a scary second. Pirates second baseman Ji Hwan Bae crushed a line drive proper again up the center that struck Yankees reliever Anthony Misiewicz within the head on the fly.
The Yankees have introduced that he is “alert and oriented.” He is being assessed by group medical doctors and has been transported to a neighborhood hospital for testing.
The liner was 100.6 miles per hour off the bat and Misiewicz simply did not have sufficient time to get his glove up in time to cease the ball. It struck him on the left side of his head, someplace round his ear space. He was bleeding practically instantly and helped onto a cart by medical personnel readily available. The cart drove him off the sector and, luckily, it seems Misiewicz by no means misplaced consciousness.
Yankees reliever Zach McAllister changed Misiewicz on the mound.
As famous, Misiewicz will endure a battery of checks and we’ll know extra as soon as the Yankees relay the pertinent info.
Misiewicz is a 28-year-old lefty in his fourth MLB season. The Yankees are his third group this season — together with the Diamondbacks and Tigers — and fifth general. This was his one hundred and thirtieth MLB look.