SAD NEWS: Kansas City Royals Star Player Sidelined Indefinitely Due to Career-Threatening Injury.
Kansas City Royals outfielder Kyle Isbel was involved in a scary on-field incident in a 7-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday at Tropicana Field.
In the seventh inning, Isbel faced Rays reliever Garrett Cleavinger in a key situation. KC had loaded the bases with no outs. The score was tied 2-2.
Isbel stepped to the plate and swung at a first-pitch sinker. He made contact with the baseball, but the foul tip ricocheted and hit him in the face and helmet.
“I think we are extremely lucky,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “It’s a facial laceration. We are not exactly sure what it hit or didn’t hit. But it got him on the bridge of the nose. Just a cut and he is getting further testing just to make sure everything is OK.”
Quatraro and medical personnel raced to home plate. Isbel was given a towel as he was evaluated on the field.
