BALTIMORE – Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Derek Fisher was taken to hospital Saturday night for a CT Scan after he whiffed on a Trey Mancini fly ball that struck him on his right cheek and left a golf-ball sized welt under his eye.
The 25-year-old, acquired just prior to Wednesday’s trade deadline from the Houston Astros for Aaron Sanchez, Joe Biagini and prospect Cal Stevenson, was making his second start since the deal. During the first inning of a 6-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, he ran in for the ball, which came off the bat at 79 m.p.h., and it flew just past his glove and off his face.
Fisher dropped immediately, while Mancini ran to second base on the error. The Blue Jays training staff quickly rushed out to tend to him. After a few minutes down, he walked off the field and was replaced in right field by Brandon Drury.
“He just missed it,” said manager Charlie Montoyo. “He even said it, ‘I can’t believe I missed the ball.’ We took him to the hospital right away, make sure there’s no fracture.”
Randal Grichuk, who on Thursday fouled a ball off his face in another bizarre incident, was back in the lineup Saturday as the DH.
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