The ball ricocheted so violently off Castano’s face that it flew to Marlins third baseman Joey Wendle for the out, whereas Castano himself fell to the ground along with his head in his arms.

Marlins’ trainers, supervisor Don Mattingly and catcher Jacob Stallings, ran to the mound to verify on the 27-year-old, who was handled on the pitch however capable of stroll off the sector.

As soon as he had stood up, Solano put his arm round him and the 2 exchanged phrases earlier than Castano headed for the dugout.

“I am undecided what occurred,” a bandaged Castano informed reporters after the sport.

“I used to be down for a second. I used to be somewhat out of it. Once I wakened, I requested, ‘What occurred?’ I am significantly better now. I am somewhat bit drained, however I will be all proper.”

Castano walks off of the field after being hit by a line drive in the head.

Marlins’ supervisor Mattingly mentioned that the ball’s influence was partly lessened because it hit the invoice of Castano’s cap, based on ESPN.

“It is somewhat bit scary,” Mattingly mentioned. “Your greatest worry is injury. He is about pretty much as good as might be anticipated.”

The Marlins later introduced on Twitter that Castano had suffered a brow contusion with a light concussion, and will likely be evaluated additional. Castano additionally launched his personal assertion on Twitter.

“Thanks for everybody for the love, assist, and prayers. I am doing properly and it might have been loads worse,” he mentioned.

“Past grateful for the effectivity and kindness of my coaches, trainers, teammates and Solano, what was proven to me at this time really goes past the sport. What a sobering reminder on the brevity of life, grateful to have my assurance in Christ. Romans 8:28.”

Miami went on to win the sport 7-6 following a late rally within the high of the ninth inning led by a homer from Jesús Sánchez on a fly ball to proper discipline.

Its subsequent fixture is on Friday when it’s going to face the New York Mets.