“It was scary for everyone”
170 km/h: Ball meets sports professional on the face
06/20/2025 – 12:34 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
A baseball game in the USA briefly came to a standstill. The reason: a pitcher suddenly had to be medical care. His teammates reacted shocked.
Bang for minutes at a baseball game in Florida: Hunter Bigge from the Tampa Bay Rays was hit hard by a cross racket. The 27-year-old was then treated for minutes and had to be taken to the hospital. The baseball professional stood in the reserve area of his team from the American major League baseball (MLB) when the hard ball hit it directly on the head at a speed of around 170 km/h.
This was preceded by an unsuccessful attempt to strike by Baltimore Oioles’ Adley Rutschman. Instead of flying towards the field, the ball slipped over the racket towards the opposing bank and hit Bigge unprotected in the head area.
During the first aid, teammates and supervisors reacted visibly shocked. Some players knelt down, spectators in the stadium followed the scene with concern. Bigge, who was not in the Rays squad because of an injury, finally received a ruff and was taken to a hospital for further examinations. Despite the violent impact, he stayed with consciousness and was able to talk to the medical staff.
Bigge had never lost awareness and was able to talk to the rescue workers, said Rays manager Kevin Cash, according to the AP. “Of course you feel with Hunter and his wife. I can’t imagine what she and he went through,” said the 47-year-old. “It was scary for everyone, for no one more than for them.”
Bigge pointed up with his thumb when it was transported away and signaled the spectators in such a way that he was doing well according to the circumstances. The pitcher received applause from the audience in the Steinbrenner Field from Tampa. There is no precise diagnosis yet. The game in the MLB continued after eight -minute interruption, Baltimore won 4: 1.