MILWAUKEE -- Right-hander Jimmy Nelson and the Brewers appeared to escape a major scare on Thursday night against the Cardinals, when the 26-year-old starter was struck on the right side of the head by a line drive in the third inning.
According to the club, Nelson was lucid and left the ballpark to undergo a CT scan at a local hospital.
The baseball came off Tommy Pham's bat at 108 mph, according to Statcast™, and caromed off Nelson's head into foul ground for a run-scoring double. Nelson laid face-down on the mound for a few moments, then rose to his knees while being examined by athletic trainers Dan Wright and Dave Yeager.