A fastball was no match for New York Yankees first baseman Luke Voit, at least initially.
Voit took a 91 MPH Chad Bettis fastball to the face in Saturday’s game against the Colorado Rockies. Not only did Voit stay on his feet, but he managed to stay in the game for the remainder of the fourth inning. The ball glanced off his shoulder just before hitting him in the face, which may have taken a bit of the sting out of it, but not much.
Luke Voit just got hit in the face with a 91 MPH pitch and it didn’t leave a mark. Voit not human confirmed pic.twitter.com/rkq7VXZkcE
— Kyle ⚾️ (@KyleNYY) July 20, 2019
Luke Voit just took a 91.4 mph fastball off the chin (it glanced off his left shoulder a nanosecond before) … and, for now, HE STAYED IN THE GAME. #savageryinthebox
— Coley Harvey (@ColeyHarvey) July 20, 2019
With the Yankees up 9-0 in the fifth, though, they opted to take Voit out of the game, even though he looked to be fine.
Voit out of the game. Urshela in at third. LeMahieu goes to first.
— Erik Boland (@eboland11) July 20, 2019
Very bad things can happen when baseballs traveling at a high velocity collide with jaws. Luckily, it looks like Voit dodged that.
