OAKLAND, Calif. -- Seven months to the day after he was struck in the head by a line drive, ending his 2016 season, Los Angeles Angels right-hander Matt Shoemaker will make his first start of 2017 on Tuesday night against the Oakland A's.
"I'm not thinking about it at all," Shoemaker said Monday of the incident at Seattle's Safeco Field on Sept. 4. "It's not even a thought. I just go out there and I'm pitching, which I'm very thankful for."
Shoemaker was hit on the right side of his head by Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager's liner in the second inning.