Royals pitcher Ryan Yarbrough is hit in the head by a 106MPH strike from Ryan Noda in Sunday’s game with the A’s…but manages to walk off the field before needing further treatment
- The incident occurred in the top of the sixth in the Sunday-afternoon-game
- Yarbrough managed to walk off the field with the help of the team medics
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Kansas City Royals pitcher Ryan Yarbrough took a 170 mph ball to the head in a scary scene as he pitched against Ryan Noda of the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.
Noda’s hit accidentally went straight back to Yarbrough and hit him on the head, sending the pitcher to his knees before his teammates ran over to check on him.
Medics soon followed and were depicted holding a towel to his head, seemingly to quell any bleeding.
They helped the dazed 31-year-old back to his feet and escorted him off the field and away for further assessments. The horde of shocked spectators applauded him off the field.
The incident happened in the top of the sixth inning with the Royals down 2-1 to the A’s.
Kansas City Royals pitcher Ryan Yarbrough took a 170-mph ball to the head on Sunday
The Royals team rushed to Yarbrough the moment he took the blow to the head in the game
Yarbrough was helped off the field by medics before leaving for further treatment
After the game, Royals manager Matt Quatraro said, “It was scary. I mean, the dugout went quiet.
Luckily he was talking when we got there and knew what was going on. As for how he’s doing, he’s alert and they’ve taken him in to get tested.”
It otherwise looked set to be a good day for the Royals, who are last in the five-time American League Central class.
They eventually recorded a 5-1 victory over the A’s to take their record to 9-26, as the A’s are last in AL West, 8-27.
The Royals then have four games with the Chicago White Sox and three against the MIlwaukee Brewers.
Yarbrough will certainly be unavailable for the White Sox series and, depending on the subsequent diagnosis, probably the next three against the Brewers as well.