Baltimore Orioles catcher James McCann was drilled within the nostril by a 95 MPH fastball on Monday … however extremely, the man shook it off and stayed within the sport!!
The scary scene went down simply minutes in the past within the Orioles’ tilt with the Blue Jays at Camden Yards … as McCann was going through off with Toronto pitcher Yariel Rodriguez.
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Try footage from the sport’s broadcast … on a 2-2 depend, Rodriguez let a heater fly, but it surely received away from him — and beelined proper towards McCann’s noggin.
The 34-year-old could not get out of the best way in time … and it caught him squarely within the face. Instantly, he crumpled to the bottom in ache … as blood poured from his snout.
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By some means, McCann was in a position to get to his ft … and after getting some gauze shoved in his nostrils to regulate the bleeding — he did not miss a second of motion.
No phrase but on the true extent of the damage … however McCann has nonetheless but to name it a day — because the adrenaline seems to be at the least carrying by way of this afternoon.
