Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Ryan Vogelsong left Monday’s game against the Colorado Rockies in the second inning after being hit in the face by a pitch.
Vogelsong was batting with the bases loaded and one out in the second inning when Rockies right-hander Jordan Lyles appeared to strike Vogelsong in the face with a 92-mph fastball. Vogelsong fell immediately in the batter’s box, where head athletic trainer Todd Tomczyk tended to him. He left the field on a cart with a towel covering up the left side of his face.
Lyles just KO’d Vogelsong #rockies #pirates pic.twitter.com/ZumWsyfzk8
— Glock Lesnar (@40acresmafia) May 23, 2016
Here’s #Pirates pitcher Ryan Vogelsong getting hit in the face in the bottom of the second inning of today’s game. pic.twitter.com/mAV0CVttcf
— Caleb Luketic (@CalebLuketic) May 23, 2016
#Pirates Ryan Vogelsong leaves field bloody, conscious, after being hit in head. Headed for hospital #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/Yz4CIhQRul
— Ted Sillanpaa (@TedSillanpa) May 23, 2016
Usually a reliever, Vogelsong made a spot start Monday because rain postponed Sunday’s game. Left-hander Jeff Locke entered the game as a pinch-runner for Vogelsong, and right hander Wilfredo Boscan took over pitching in the third inning.
[h/t Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
