Seattle Mariners Pitcher George Kirby Casually Walks Away After 103 MPH Line Drive to the Face: 'It Didn't Even Hurt'

Seattle Mariners pitcher George Kirby is doing “okay” aft taking a statement thrust to his look connected Tuesday night, leaving him pinch humor dripping from his mouth.

According to MLB.com, nan Rye, N.Y. autochthonal had a “noticeable bruise and trim connected nan correct broadside of his mouth” aft nan game. As Kirby walked disconnected nan section nether his ain power, he looked to beryllium emotion astir nan wrong of his rima pinch his tongue. Mariners trainer Rob Scheidegger placed a towel up to his look to thief sop up immoderate of nan blood, which began trickling down nan correct broadside of his jaw.

The outing was conscionable Kirby’s 3rd crippled since returning to nan Mariners from nan team’s injured list. Seattle yet lost, 5-1.

Mariners head Dan Wilson called Kirby’s adjacent telephone a “scary moment” aft nan game, according to Seattle Sports.

“That’s ever a scary moment,” Wilson told reporters. “It’s conscionable truthful close, and you conscionable dream for nan best.”

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The Mariners head besides said he was worried Kirby’s nonchalant guidance mightiness person been owed to “adrenaline,” and that he’d beryllium thoroughly evaluated by nan team’s aesculapian staff, according to MLB.com. 

“You conscionable don't know, sometimes, really those things go,” Wilson said. “Because you person a batch of adrenaline going astatine nan aforesaid time. But was conscionable glad, I'm really happy that and hoping things move retired OK. And it could person been thing measurement worse.”

If each turns retired well, Kirby is scheduled to beryllium backmost connected nan mound connected Sunday, June 8 against nan Los Angeles Angels.