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Pitchers who suffered gruesome injuries from comebackers

Yankee pitcher Bryan Mitchell joins list of baseball’s most gruesome comebackers when he isstruck by liner Monday. Here’s a look at 5 memorable ones:

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Red Sox pitcher Bryce Florie is surrounded by teammates and manager Jimy Williams after being hit by a line drive during 2000 game vs. Yankees at Fenway Park.

Herb Score

Rising star has career derailed in May 1957 when Yanks’ Gil McDougald drills him in face with liner, causing broken nose and severe hemorrhaging in right eye.

Bryce Florie

Red Sox reliever suffers broken bones and eye damage after getting hit in face by drive off bat of Yanks’ Ryan Thompson on Sept.