Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Chris Owings left Thursday’s game against the San Francisco Giants after colliding with a teammate in the outfield.
Owings was going for a ball in the right-center gap off the bat of Joe Panik and made the catch. Unfortunately A.J. Pollock was also going for the ball and crashed into him, with his knee nailing Owings in the head.
Here's the play that injured Chris Owings pic.twitter.com/2MEDUWCimz
— Zach Buchanan (@ZHBuchanan) April 20, 2018
Owings exited the game after the collision and was replaced by Jarrod Dyson.
Owings, 26, came into the game batting .275 on the season. Statcast’s metrics show that type of play is only made 13 percent of the time, which shows what a great defensive effort it was.
Per @statcast that catch by #Dbacks Chris Owings had a catch probability of just 13%. He covered 117 feet, he had 5.8 seconds opportunity time and his sprint speed on the play was 29.2 feet/second
— Steve Gilbert (@SteveGilbertMLB) April 20, 2018
