Orioles catcher takes a pitch to the face and stays in the game, a breakdown
What Happened
In the bottom of the first inning of a doubleheader, the Toronto Blue Jays are hosting the Baltimore Orioles. The Blue Jays' pitcher, whose name is not provided, has already given up three runs and has three more runners on base when Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman steps up to the plate. On a 2-2 pitch, the Blue Jays' pitcher throws a fastball up and in that hits Rutschman directly in the face, knocking his helmet off and causing immediate bleeding from the bridge of his nose. Rutschman falls to the ground, but quickly gets up and appears to be talking to the trainers and umpires. The blood is clearly visible and the trainers rush to attend to Rutschman, putting a towel and gloves on to try to stop the bleeding. The crowd reacts with a mix of concern and anger, some directed at the pitcher for the errant pitch. The replay shows the ball scraping Rutschman's nose and then his helmet flying off, a scary moment. The trainers continue to work on Rutschman, trying to clog his nose with napkins to stop the bleeding. "This is bad, this is not good," says the announcer, as the delay continues. Rutschman's teammate, Justin Turner, looks on with concern. The pitcher appears frustrated, as the delay is taking a long time. The crowd gives Rutschman a standing ovation as he stands up, blood still visible on his face. Despite the injury, Rutschman insists on staying in the game. The trainers clean him up and he returns to the field, to the delight of the crowd. "Unbelievable, he stayed in the game," the announcer remarks. Rutschman catches the rest of the inning, with his backup Adley Rutschman ready to step in if needed. In the end, Rutschman's toughness and determination to stay in the game despite the scary hit-by-pitch incident impresses everyone in attendance. His grit and leadership as the Orioles' starting catcher are on full display in this gutsy performance.
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he's got a 1-1 slider away no did not
swing fast ball right down the middle
that doesn't look great two two pitch
ooh up and in the helmet spins he's down
he's hurt it's a double header so the
backup catcher rushman got the day off
it's the first oh and there's the blood
immediate drippage they're they're talk
he's talking oh more blood okay let's I
got these napkins I got these bar
napkins maybe this will help I'm putting
this bar napkin on your nose Whispering
is here bar napkins going on your nose
we're going to take a look at the replay
you just hang tight it hits the bridge
of his nose and underneath his helmet
spins it beautifully in the air super
slow-mo just scrapes the bridge of his
nose boom and then the helmet takes the
helmet right off his head oh that fan
they got scared so now he's laying on
the ground and they're all trying to
figure out they got a big towel on them
say I'm going to need some gloves you
know what you're going to need some
gloves too let's put some gloves on to
treat this got the rag on them just
treat it right there and it's like oh
damn this bad H don't like that no uhuh
fan she's mad at the pitcher Gosman he's
taking it in ooh okay everyone just this
is bad pitcher what are you talking
about he's not hurt come on he's killing
time we got two guys with gloves he's
going to stand up and that's going to
get the first of many standing ovations
he stood up that's great okay he's got
his wits about him his legs were oh boy
oh he's dripping let's Clogg that up
they're going to stick stick some clogs
in his nostril come on hurry up get the
other one get the other one twist it in
there just twisting it in oh boy go back
to the rag e oh [ __ ] oh bad not good
come on dude come on got a pitch fans
getting mad getting mad look at him look
at the pitcher look at the pitchure
honey he doesn't care I don't care yeah
come on my arm's getting cold this last
any longer than it take me out just get
out of the game like clearly you're not
coming in you know Blue Jays tick tick
tick tick tick tick tick boy
uh pitcher pissed little Blood come on
come on I'm trying to pitch oh clogging
it up more blood more blood just you
know hey do this down in the clubhouse
they're
saying cuz you know there's no way he
stays in the game uh not good now he's
really brooding oh you're really selling
it now huh really brooding double rag
they needed a new rag cuz that rag got
too much blood on it everyone just
hanging out now they're kind kind of
laughing like damn it's a lot of blood
Gosman sit up in the seat he's still mad
is they're going to take me out now
there's a long delay okay looks like the
bleeding stopped looks oh some water
there we go damn uh nasty nasty don't
like this honey don't like this Justin
Turner's like uh I want to get out of
here got traded after this game in
between the two or during this game
maybe pitcher's pissed I like looking at
the catcher catcher's like yeah it's not
good it's not good pitcher's just like
I'm going to get taken out of this game
this taking so long you know he just
wants him to get to The Dugout he says
all right so he starts walking off and
now another Standing Ovation all right
good job I'm glad he's okay they stand
up they clap he's walking off the field
wait he's going to first base he's
staying in the game fans are like wait
what he's going to stay in the game
they're like yeah uh no never mind he's
just trying to force his hand they're
like we got to take him out so obviously
I mean he's bleeding every another
Standing Ovation because now he's
leaving the game you know clap for him
on his way out uh because obviously
you're not going to play after this and
blue jay's pitcher gets out yeah it just
took too long he knew it he knew it and
also awful display wait why is he
putting out a New
Jersey they're wiping his face making
them look pretty you know let's take the
bolts out some new
bolts powder the nose a little bit
what's going on now meanwhile this whole
time adley rushman has been getting
loose CU he's got to come in he's doing
jumping jacks he's running back and
forth he's just watching like I'm coming
in right it's the first inning I'm going
to have to catch I'm going to have to
catch 17 Innings now and he's like wait
am I not coming in is he gonna go back
in okay so I'm good yeah we just need
some new some new nose plugs this guy's
like what's going on he's coming back in
we cut him nice and short you look
beautiful you look beautiful mcken like
go out there and get him we're cleaned
up takes a swig brand new jersey brand
new nose plugs what's up what up Turner
how you feel feeling I'm good another
Standing Ovation cuz now he's back in
the game the twists and turns adley's
like yep okay guess I'm not needed he's
got it nice nice and then he's like I'm
here I'm ready to run let's keep this
going rally rally pitcher's name is
Sally and he's out of the game two
pitches later ground out inning
over all that for that actually no he
went he stayed in the game and caught
with the little nose things in just
absolute Beast that he stayed in the
game I mean unbelievable just bleeding
profusely and I should say I was
obviously making up a lot of fanfiction
in this video I don't think yariel was
actually mad at him or thinking he was
milking it at all and I also should say
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