This week St Louis Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez was nailed by 109 mph liner in first game off DL. He went down for the count!
Read on to see St Louis Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez getting nailed by 109 mph liner, and an update on his health…
CelebNSports247.com has the latest on St Louis Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez and how he is doing after taking the 109 mph hit right in his chest.
On Tuesday night, it sucked to be C-Mart!
According to reports, hours after Carlos Martinez came off the disabled list for a third time this season, Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez took a 110-mph line drive off his torso.
Carlos Martinez injury took place in the 8th inning of Tuesday night’s 5-2 win against the Dodgers in Los Angeles.
MLB.com reports:
Matt Carpenter fielded the ricochet and turned it into an inning-ending out at second base, after which multiple members of the Cardinals’ medical staff rushed to Martinez’s side. The right-hander was eventually able to walk off the field without help.
X-rays came back negative.
I couldn’t breathe, and everything started to go black. I took a couple of breaths, and after that, like a minute [later], it was better.
Sporting News has the latest update, reporting:
Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that Martinez underwent a chest X-ray and the Cardinals considered the results to be “encouraging.” Martinez later told reporters that Pederson’s liner knocked the wind out of him.
