It's probably just misfortune for the Diamondbacks to have had two pitchers fall victim to similar events this season, considering it's not something I recall happening in previous years. [I remember one of our batters hitting an opposing pitcher in a similar way, the ball then ricocheting back into the seats behind home-plate]. Mercifully, this is rare, but these two incidents are also startlingly different in some ways. When Archie Bradley was hit, he was back at the park by the end of the game, and appears to have suffered no permanent physical damage. Evan Marshall, however, almost died.
Evan Marshall and pitcher safety
