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- Updated: August 6, 2016
KANSAS CITY– In the ninth inning with two out and one on in the Blue Jays’ 4-3 win on Friday night, Josh Donaldson was hit in the earpiece on his helmet with a high pitch from Royals closer Kelvin Herrera. Donaldson popped up and made his way to first after getting checked on by a trainer.
“It was a changeup and I threw it kind of sidearm, and it just got away and broke inside,” Herrera said.
The pitch was clocked by Statcast™ at 86 mph. Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said after the game that he didn’t expect there to be any lingering effects for the next two games of the series.
“Oh yeah,” Gibbons said, asked if it was a scary …
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