George Springer shaken up after being drilled in head by pitch in ‘scary’ scene
George Springer is doing “all right” Blue Jays manager John Schneider told reporters after the outfielder was hit in the head with a 96 mph pitch from Kade Stroud.
The Blue Jays star was struck in the ninth inning of a game Toronto lost 11-4 to the Orioles at Camden Yards on Monday night.
It sent Springer down into the dirt almost immediately.
Springer lay motionless for several moments before he finally started to move and appeared to mouth the word “wow” as the Blue Jays medical staff looked at him.
He eventually got up and was able to walk back to the dugout with two members of the team’s staff flanking him.
“He’s doing all right,” Schneider told reporters after the game. “Kind of got him on the shoulder and then the helmet. Thankfully, he was able to turn a little bit, too.”
Schneider said Springer had been alert the whole time after he got hit with the pitch and that he had been “kind of talking” to the Blue Jays skipper.
“That’s the worst part of baseball for any side, when a pitch gets thrown that high,” Schneider said. “You don’t think about baseball. You think about the human. It’s scary. It happens. It sucks.”
Springer had been examined after the game and the extent of any injuries related to the hit by the pitch was not known, the Toronto Star reported.
The Blue Jays already have an injury issue with All-Star catcher Alejandro Kirk, who is dealing with a concussion, but is looking like he’ll return closer to the weekend.
Springer has had a successful season for Toronto, hitting .291 and recording 18 home runs.
The Blue Jays are sitting in first in the American League East and hold a 5 ½ -game lead over the Yankees in the division.
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