MLB Star George Kirby Hit In Mouth By 102.7 MPH Line Drive, Leaves Game Bloodied

Mariners star George Kirby was drilled within the face by a 102.7 MPH line drive on Tuesday evening — however someway, he was in a position to go away the sport underneath his personal energy.

The scene unfolded within the fifth inning of Seattle’s tilt with the Orioles at T-Mobile Park … when Ramón Urías smacked a Kirby four-seamer proper again on the All-Star pitcher.

Kirby wasn’t in a position to transfer out of the way in which rapidly sufficient, and the ball hit him proper within the jaw. It ended up caroming to first baseman Rowdy Tellez, who secured the inning-ending out — however all eyes then turned towards Kirby.

Miraculously, the 27-year-old did not appear too bothered by the play — though blood did instantly begin pouring from his lip. He walked to his dugout and was tended to by trainers.

He in the end didn’t return to the sport — although together with his pitch rely already at 95, it was unlikely he’d take the mound for the sixth anyway. After the sport, he insisted to reporters he was all good.

“It did not even damage, truthfully,” Kirby mentioned, in line with MLB.com. “It bought my hand — like 50/50, hand/mouth, however we’re good. There’s nothing improper with it.”

Still, Mariners supervisor Dan Wilson mentioned Kirby would doubtless endure additional testing to verify the whole lot was OK.

Kirby’s, after all, no stranger to accidents — he sat out all of April and almost your complete month of May coping with a shoulder subject — but it surely appears he dodged a bullet right here.