Kevin Pillar of the Mets was taken to the hospital on Monday night after he was hit in the face by a fastball during a game against the Atlanta Braves. Hours later, Pillar posted on Twitter that he was “doing fine” after what even he acknowledged was a scary incident.
In the seventh inning of Monday’s game in Atlanta, Pillar was hit in the face by the Braves pitcher Jacob Webb. The pitch, a four-seam fastball clocked at 94.5 miles per hour, left Pillar no time to react or move out of the way.
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