MLB Player Josh Smith Hospitalized After Getting Hit in Face by Pitch

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Baseball player Josh Smith is recovering aft a scary on-field incident.

The Texas Rangers left fielder was hospitalized after being hit successful the look by a pitch during the team's home game against the Baltimore Orioles connected April 3. 

"Rangers LF Josh Smith has been taken to an country infirmary for further scans and investigating connected his look and jaw," the Texas Rangers' authoritative Twitter account shared aboriginal that day. "He was struck connected the close broadside of his look by a transportation successful the bottommost of the 3rd inning." 

Smith was socked successful the look portion up to bat against Orioles pitcher Danny Coulombe successful the 3rd inning. While helium was attended to by an diversion trainer astatine location plate, the 25-year-old was capable to locomotion disconnected the tract connected his own. According to ESPN, the shot had been traveling astatine 89 miles per hour. 

"He got deed successful the look area, successful the little jaw," Rangers manager Bruce Bochy aboriginal shared, per the outlet. "We did instrumentality him to the ER. He had immoderate CT tests. They came retired clean. So, we got bully quality there. He's feeling amended arsenic I'm speaking close now. Tomorrow, we'll conscionable reevaluate him."

And Smith wasn't the lone subordinate injured during the crippled as Coulombe entered the crippled aft starting pitcher Kyle Bradish was deed successful the close ft by a 104-mph enactment thrust from Rangers catcher Jonah Heim, according to MLB.com. The MLB reported that Bradish, 26, suffered a close ft contusion. And portion it noted preliminary X-rays were antagonistic for a fracture, it stated that helium is acceptable to acquisition further valuation and testing.

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The Orioles bushed the Rangers with a last people of 2 to zero. The teams volition look disconnected against connected April 4 and April 5.   

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