Arizona Diamondback's pitcher Robbie Ray will be placed on concussion protocol after he was hit in the head with a line drive during Friday night's game against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Torey Lovullo says tests came back clean on Robbie Ray. He'll go through concussion protocol in the coming days.
— Nick Piecoro (@nickpiecoro) July 29, 2017
Luke Voit of the Cardinals hit a scorching line drive back through the box and hit Arizona pitcher Ray in the head. It was frightening.
Robbie Ray was hit with a line drive, less importantly Daniel Descalso still caught it in foul territory for the out pic.twitter.com/sQ3Qn1EIIc
— MLB Insider Dinger (@atf13atf) July 29, 2017
One measurement said the ball game off the bat at 108 miles per hour.
Ray immediately went down in agony, and had to be carted off the field. But, according to AZCentral, Ray took a few stitches to the head and made his way back to the clubhouse.
Ray needed a few stitches, then returned to the park, showered and is back resting at the hotel.
— Nick Piecoro (@nickpiecoro) July 29, 2017
"You're holding your breath," manager Tori Lovullo told AZCentral.com. "It's tough. Those are things you never forget. I got out there and he was on his back and his eyes were open. That was the first thing that I saw, and I was very grateful for that."
Under MLB's concussion protocol, players are automatically placed on a seven-day disabled list and then have to be evaluated before being allowed to return.
The Cards won the game, 1-0.
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