Mariners pitcher shrugs off 'scary' 102.7 mph line drive to the face: 'It didn't even hurt'

George Kirby narrowly missed a devastating wounded Tuesday nighttime portion connected the mound.

The Seattle Mariners pitcher took a 102.7 mph enactment thrust close to the face, resulting successful immoderate bleeding from the mouth.

With 2 outs successful the 5th inning, Kirby threw a fastball wrong to Orioles 3rd baseman Ramón Urías, which helium promptly ripped close backmost up the middle. The shot struck Kirby’s face, and helium instantly jogged disconnected the tract arsenic humor flowed from his mouth.

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Seattle Mariners starting pitcher George Kirby heads to the dugout aft getting deed successful the look by the shot during the 5th inning against the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday, June 3, 2025, successful Seattle.  (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

Kirby near the game, but helium was struck by the shot connected his 95th pitch, truthful it's apt his nighttime whitethorn person been implicit anyway.

"I didn’t adjacent spot it coming," Kirby said. "Just enactment my manus up. So, conscionable gladsome it benignant of missed immoderate of the atrocious spots connected my face."

"It didn't adjacent hurt, honestly," Kirby said aft the game, via MLB.com. "It got my manus — similar 50/50, hand/mouth, but we're good. There’s thing incorrect with it."

Kirby was promptly examined by the Mariners grooming unit aft what manager Dan Wilson called a "scary" moment.

George Kirby of the Seattle Mariners reacts aft taking a shot to the look during the 5th inning against the Baltimore Orioles astatine T-Mobile Park June 3, 2025, successful Seattle. (Alika Jenner/Getty Images)

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"It’s conscionable truthful close, and you conscionable anticipation for the best," Wilson said. "It looked similar helium was a small amazed by it all, adjacent arsenic helium was walking off.

"But helium was capable to stitchery it each together. There was immoderate humor coming down erstwhile helium came disconnected the tract wherever it nicked him successful the face. But I deliberation he’s going to beryllium OK."

The 27-year-old right-hander’s commencement to the play was delayed until precocious May owed to inflammation successful his throwing shoulder, and helium hadn’t yet pitched to his standard. Entering the season, helium owned a 3.43 ERA successful his career, but that fig this play is up to 8.56, adjacent aft 5 innings of two-run shot Tuesday.

"I consciousness large close now," Kirby said. "Obviously, you don’t privation to propulsion that galore pitches successful 5 innings, but I’m gladsome I consciousness truly bully from it aft it. So, that’s a bully sign."

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher George Kirby (68) reacts adjacent to catcher Cal Raleigh during a mound sojourn successful the 4th inning of a crippled against the Washington Nationals May 28, 2025, successful Seattle. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

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The starter is inactive expected to person X-rays Wednesday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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