Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper mentioned he was “all good” after leaving Wednesday evening’s win towards the St. Louis Cardinals as a result of he was hit within the face by a 96.9 mph fastball from reliever Genesis Cabrera.
Harper walked off the sector in St. Louis on his personal accord within the sixth inning with the sport tied Three-Three, displaying some blood on the left aspect of his nostril.
In a video he posted to social media after Philadelphia’s 5-3 victory, Harper mentioned his scans “got here again good.”
“The whole lot feels good,” he mentioned. “The whole lot got here again good — CT, all that type of stuff. So, face continues to be there. We’re all good. See you guys quickly.”
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Bryce Harper lets his followers know on Instagram that he’s feeling alright and the checks got here again detrimental after being hit by a 96.9 mph fastball vs. the Cardinals.
Cabrera apologized after the sport for hitting Harper, saying he was “overthrowing and that is why I missed the pitches.”
“My prayers exit to Bryce Harper,” he mentioned. “I actually want him the very best. I hope he has a speedy restoration. The sport type of acquired away from me at that time. I am actually sorry for every part that occurred immediately; none of it was intentional.”
After hitting Harper along with his first pitch of the inning, Cabrera then hit the subsequent batter, Didi Gregorius, resulting in warnings for each benches. Phillies supervisor Joe Girardi got here out of the dugout to complain to plate umpire Chris Segal and acquired kicked out of the sport.
Matt Joyce was a pinch runner for Harper, and Gregorius remained within the recreation. Cabrera allowed an RBI single to Andrew McCutchen within the subsequent at-bat earlier than being relieved.
Per MLB guidelines, Cabrera needed to face yet another hitter to satisfy the minimal three-batter threshold earlier than Cardinals supervisor Mike Shildt may pull him.
“[Cabrera] must be thrown out. I perceive why they provide the warnings, but when a man hits a man within the face and a man within the ribs, with two pitches, he is gotta go, proper?” Girardi mentioned. “In the event you’re actually defending gamers, he is acquired to go. Only for the security of the gamers.”
Shildt mentioned he would have pulled Cabrera if he may have.
“It was a tie recreation. It was proper in his spot,” Shildt mentioned. “It was fully unlucky the ball acquired away from him. Our prayers are with Bryce Harper and we hope he is OK.
“It is a failure of the three-batter minimal. Utterly, completely little question. You are speaking about an aggressive younger pitcher throwing to one of many superstars of this recreation. Clearly, he felt horrible. All people is aware of it was fully unintentional.”
Harper grounded out and struck out in his first two at-bats. Gregorius doubled and struck out in his two at-bats.
The Related Press contributed to this report.