{"id":29598,"date":"2020-03-09T15:37:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T19:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=29598"},"modified":"2020-03-09T15:37:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T19:37:50","slug":"willie-calhoun-hospitalized-after-being-hit-in-the-face-by-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/03\/09\/willie-calhoun-hospitalized-after-being-hit-in-the-face-by-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Calhoun Hospitalized After Being Hit in the Face by Pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Willie Calhoun Hospitalized After Being Hit in the Face by Pitch<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/texas-rangers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas Rangers<\/a> outfielder <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/calhowi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Willie Calhoun<\/a><\/strong> was hospitalized on Sunday after getting drilled in the face by a 95-mph fastball. It was later announced that Calhoun had suffered a fractured jaw and that he would undergo further testing on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Update on Willie Calhoun who was hit in the mouth area by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/u\/uriasju01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julio Urias<\/a> pitch in today\u2019s game. As a result, A CT scan and examination revealed he has a fracture of his jaw. He to undergo further evaluation on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Blake (@RangerBlake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RangerBlake\/status\/1236802056360353792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Calhoun, 25, was acquired by the Rangers in the trade that sent <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/darviyu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yu Darvish<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/mlb-teams\/los-angeles-dodgers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a>. In 2019, Calhoun had his best season at the major league level. As a result, he posted a .269\/.323\/.524 slash line to go along with 21 home runs (110 wRC+). He came into spring training as the team\u2019s starting left fielder and was also expecting to get some starts as the designated hitter.<\/p>\n<h3>The Injury<\/h3>\n<p>The injury occurred in the first inning of Sunday afternoon\u2019s Cactus League game against the Dodgers. With a 1-1 count, a 95-mph fastball got away from Dodgers starter <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/u\/uriasju01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julio Urias<\/a><\/strong>, striking Calhoun&#8217;s jaw. Calhoun immediately fell to all fours and appeared to be spitting out blood. After about 10 minutes, he walked with assistance to a medical cart while holding a towel over his face. From there, he was transported by helicopter to Dignity Health St. Joseph\u2019s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Rangers manager <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/woodwch01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Woodward<\/a><\/strong> drove to the hospital to accompany Calhoun.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scary moment here as Willie Calhoun takes a pitch right off the jaw <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C1Ep4nhg0v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/C1Ep4nhg0v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Blake Harris (@BlakeHarrisTBLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlakeHarrisTBLA\/status\/1236752868872318976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/rangers\/news\/rangers-willie-calhoun-struck-jaw-pitch-dodgers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to Sports Illustrated<\/a>, Calhoun usually wears a protective extension on the batting helmet that protects the jaw and face. But unfortunately for Calhoun, he was not wearing the protection in Sunday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s usually wearing his flap, but he hasn&#8217;t worn it,&#8221; teammate <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gallojo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joey Gallo<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/rangers\/news\/rangers-willie-calhoun-struck-jaw-pitch-dodgers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>. &#8220;It was tough to play after that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"k_XxXMAMQLtYePEcCmlI4A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1206140570\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'k_XxXMAMQLtYePEcCmlI4A',sig:'RQcmchyCbMfyP37oioVye_nWo7BnSs23J07iu7maQO8=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1206140570',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willie Calhoun Hospitalized After Being Hit in the Face by Pitch Texas Rangers outfielder Willie Calhoun was hospitalized on Sunday after getting drilled in the face by a 95-mph fastball. It was later announced that Calhoun had suffered a fractured jaw and that he would undergo further testing on Monday. Update on Willie Calhoun who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2924,"featured_media":29601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,2,35],"tags":[259,2870],"class_list":["post-29598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rangers","category-featured","category-news","tag-texas-rangers","tag-willie-calhoun"],"modified_by":"Aaron Cornett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2924"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}