Sacrifice Fly Pushes Orioles Past Yankees in Extra Innings

The Phillies star Bryce Harper said he feels fine after being hit in the face by a 96.9 mile-per-hour fastball Wednesday night, forcing him from Philadelphia’s game against St. Louis.

“Everything feels good,” Harper said in a video he posted to Instagram. He said he got a CT scan and other testing and “Everything came back good.”

Harper was drilled in the left cheek by left-handed reliever Genesis Cabrera’s first pitch in the sixth inning. Harper picked himself up and walked off the field, blood dripping from a cut on the side of his nose.

He appeared to have only minor swelling and bruising in the video he sent to social media.

“Face is still there, so we’re all good,” he said.

Cabrera, through translator Antonio Mujica, expressed remorse for his pitching.

“I’m very sorry for Bryce Harper,” Cabrera said. “I want to again to apologize to all of the action that happened, especially to Harper. I really wish him the best and I hope he has a speedy recovery. The game got away from me. I’m really sorry for everything that happened. It was not intentional.”

Under the three-batter minimum rule for relievers, Cabrera had to stay in.

St. Louis Manager Mike Shildt said he would have pulled Cabrera if he could have.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/sports/baseball/yankees-orioles-bryce-harper.html