Guardians pitcher narrowly escapes serious injury after 106.6 mph line drive comes right toward his head

Cade Smith was specified inches distant from 1 of the scariest moments that could hap connected a shot diamond.

The Cleveland Guardians alleviation pitcher was connected the bump successful the bottommost of the 5th of a 2-2 crippled successful Seattle against the Mariners erstwhile Rowdy Tellez came up to bat.

Smith's 88 mph breaking shot caught the little fractional of the onslaught zone, and Tellez, 1 of the game's harder hitters, barreled 1 up.

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Cleveland Guardians alleviation pitcher Cade Smith (36) is checked connected aft being deed by the shot during the 5th inning against the Seattle Mariners astatine T-Mobile Park.  (Steven Bisig-Imagn Images)

Tellez mashed a enactment thrust that came straight backmost to wherever it had travel from, coming disconnected the bat astatine a scorching-hot 106.6 mph.

With fundamentally zero clip to react, the shot deed the brim of Smith's cap, with the right-hander narrowly escaping a superior injury.

With the headdress breaking the velocity of Tellez's hit, it trickled into the outfield, and it was capable for him to scope 2nd with a double. 

Smith was wholly unfazed, though, arsenic helium struck retired the adjacent batter to extremity the inning.

Cleveland Guardians alleviation pitcher Cade Smith (36) pitches to the Seattle Mariners during the 5th inning astatine T-Mobile Park.  (Steven Bisig-Imagn Images)

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Seattle coiled up scoring 4 runs successful the seventh inning and taking location a 7-2 victory.

Tellez had a scorcher earlier successful the game, mashing a homer with an exit velo of 107.3 mph. He has an mean exit velocity of 91.3 mph, which ranks successful the 80th percentile among qualified hitters.

Cleveland fell to 35-33 with the loss, a alternatively disappointing grounds up to this point, coming disconnected an AL Central title. They present beryllium 9.5 games down the Detroit Tigers.

Seattle Mariners archetypal baseman Rowdy Tellez (23) hits a treble against the Cleveland Guardians during the 5th inning astatine T-Mobile Park. (Steven Bisig-Imagn Images)

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The Mariners, meanwhile, are 4.5 games backmost of the Houston Astros successful the AL West with their 34-34 record.

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