Royals pitcher drilled in head with terrifying 107 mph liner, and the batter who hit it pulled a rare move

Kansas City Royals pitcher Seth Lugo exited Wednesday's crippled aft taking a 107 mph liner disconnected his caput successful different 1 of those "hold-your-breath" scenes retired of Major League Baseball.

I consciousness similar we get astir 5 of these a year, and they're each pugnacious to watch. Frankly, I'm amazed it doesn't hap much often. I've ever been amazed by that. I played shot for 15 years astatine each azygous level, and I NEVER saw a pitcher instrumentality a enactment thrust disconnected the head.

Again, I consciousness similar it should hap mode much often than it does, but I'm thankful it's seemingly rare.

Anyway, backmost to Lugo ...

GUARDIANS PITCHER NARROWLY ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY AFTER 106.6 MPH LINE DRIVE COMES RIGHT TOWARD HIS HEAD

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Seth Lugo drops to the mound aft being deed by a enactment thrust from Texas Rangers close fielder Brandon Nimmo during the 4th inning astatine Kauffman Stadium successful Kansas City, Mo., connected June 10, 2026. (Denny Medley/Imagn Images)

Brandon Nimmo deed a scorcher disconnected his look Wednesday nighttime successful Kansas City, and Lugo instantly deed the deck. Nimmo, who was teammates with Lugo with the Mets, was visibly shaken up portion moving to archetypal base. He tin beryllium seen throwing his helmet disconnected and waving his arms aft Lugo went down.

After touching the bag, Nimmo instantly called clip and ran implicit to his erstwhile teammate connected the mound successful 1 of the classier moves of the season.

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Seth Lugo 'doing well' aft scary moment

Goodness gracious. Scary stuff. It's astonishing that Lugo got up arsenic rapidly arsenic helium did. And however astir that WELT connected his head?

I didn't cognize welts could signifier that quickly. That has to beryllium immoderate benignant of grounds successful presumption of welt formation. That happening was MASSIVE aft 3 seconds.

Texas Rangers close fielder Brandon Nimmo talks with Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Seth Lugo aft hitting a enactment thrust azygous during the 4th inning astatine Kauffman Stadium successful Kansas City, Mo., connected June 10, 2026. (Denny Medley/Imagn Images)

Good connected Nimmo for instantly moving implicit to cheque connected his erstwhile teammate, too.

Not definite I've ever seen that, either. The batter conscionable moving to the mound close aft touching archetypal base? Shows you the respect helium has for Lugo.

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It besides shows you what benignant of dude Brandon Nimmo is. The seasoned has a estimation of being 1 of the champion guys successful each of Major League Baseball, and I judge it aft seeing that.

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Seth Lugo falls to the crushed aft being deed successful the forehead by a batted shot during the 4th inning of a crippled against the Texas Rangers astatine Kauffman Stadium successful Kansas City, Mo., connected June 10, 2026. (Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire)

Anyway, each is good that ends well. Scary scene, but Lugo (somehow) walked distant unscathed. The Royals aboriginal said helium was "doing well," but would enactment him done the due protocols earlier his adjacent outing. His CT scan Wednesday nighttime came backmost clear.

"He was shaken up beauteous good," Lugo said of Nimmo's reacton. "I was truly conscionable trying to calm him down. ‘I’m OK, Nimms.’ He’s ever been a sweetheart similar that. As a buddy of mine, I felt for him. You’ve deed guys earlier arsenic a pitcher, and you consciousness bad. So that was conscionable an unfortunate situation, but everything’s OK."