NEWYou can now listen to Pakinomist articles!
The Tampa Bay Rays Have more to celebrate Saturday than just the team’s victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Ray’s Pitcher Hunter Bigge, who was hit by a 105 km / h -aer ball while standing in the team’s dugout during Thursday evening’s match against Baltimore Orioles, Has been released from the hospital after undergoing an operation to tackle more face fractures, reported Adam Berry, a rays reporter for mlb.com, Saturday.
Tampa Bay Ray’s Pitcher Hunter Bigge gets medical help after being hit in the face of a bad ball in the seventh round against Baltimore Orioles on George M. Steinbrenner Fielder Field 19 June 2025. (Jonathan Dyer/Imag images)
According to The report, Bigge also stopped at the stadium under Rays’ 8-3 victory over the tigers.
CLICK HERE for more sports cover at Foxnews.com
The Positive Update followed President of Baseball Operations Erik Neanders Comments On Wdae Friday that “the most about results have been excluded.”
The incident described by players and leaders such as “scary” unfolded at the top of the seventh lap when a ball from the bat of Orioles capture Adley Rutschman drove straight against Rays’ dugout and hit Bigge on the right side of his face.
He was placed on a back plate after receiving medical attention.
Tampa Bay Rays fans are watching, while Pitcher Hunter Bigge gets medical attention after being hit in the face of a bad ball in the seventh round against Baltimore Orioles on George M. Steinbrenner Fielder Field 19 June 2025. (Jonathan Dyer/Imag images)
Rays’ Hunter Bigge drove off the field in the ‘scary’ scene after he was hit in the face with 105 km / h bold
Despite a bloody face, the Bigge gave the thumb to fans who looked at in fear. He was led to a hospital for further evaluation, but Rays manager Kevin Cash said after the game Bigge never lost consciousness and was able to talk to the first respondents.
“It’s really scary. It’s scary. We sit in these dugouts every night, and in many ways you feel like a sitting duck,” said Orioles Interim Manager Tony Mansolino after the game. “It’s just scary.”
Rays Pitcher Ryan Pepiot said he was standing near Bigge when Bigge was hit. He called it “one of the most scary things I’ve ever seen.”
Tampa Bay Rays’ Hunter Bigge gives the thumb as paramedics tend to him after he was hit by a bad ball while he was in Dugout during the seventh round against Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, June 19, 2025 in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)
“You see the ball coming to you and we all showed up. You could hear the contact it got and saw him fall backwards,” Pepiot said via mlb.com. “I mean honestly, like I almost threw up. I’m not good with blood or something similar. But just seeing it, just as how close it was, it was one of the most scary things I’ve ever seen.
Bigge is on the 15-day wounded list with a lat stem. He has a 2.40 era in 13 reliefs covering 15 laps this season.
