Over the weekend in PNC Park, Washington Nationals’ catcher Keibert Ruiz, took a 95 MPH fastball from Pittsburgh Pirates’ reliever Kyle Keller to the face, though it looked like it did catch a lot of the ear flap of his helmet, while definitely catching a good deal of jaw/cheek as well. They were taking no chances with him, of course, so the 23-year-old backstop left the game, and sat out of the series finale on Sunday (in a day game after a night game he likely wouldn’t have played in anyway), but manager Davey Martinez penciled him into the lineup for last night’s series opener with the Miami Marlins in the nation’s capital.
Washington Nationals news & notes: Davey Martinez on Keibert Ruiz returning; Max Scherzer reaching 3000 Ks; Tanner Rainey + more...
