Miguel Cabrera said Wednesday night that he’s ok after being hit in the face by Nicholas Castellanos’ batting helmet in a bizarre case of misdirected (or redirected) frustration.
Castellanos was lifted for pinch-runner Andrew Romine after an eighth-inning single. He clearly wasn’t happy about the move, and after returning to the Tigers dugout, he seemed to try to slam his helmet into the rack. Replays showed that when he did, the helmet bounced back, flying past him and hitting Cabrera, who was standing behind him.
Cabrera told reporters that he was fine, but that the helmet hit him under his eye.