Kyle Farmer Hit in the Face by Lucas Giolito Pitch

Truly scary moment in the White Sox-Twins game this afternoon, with Twins infielder Kyle Farmer taking a Lucas Giolito fastball directly off of his face. It’s about as bad as it gets.

It’s one of the scariest things that can happen in baseball:

Thankfully, Farmer was able to walk himself off the field, and hopefully whatever injuries he’s suffered were just superficial.

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