New York Mets pitcher Clay Holmes suffered a broken leg on Friday evening during a game with the New York Yankees, and video footage caught the moment it happened.
He was hurt during the fourth inning when a comebacker flying over 111 miles per hour from Spencer Jones smacked him, CBS Sports reported.
There was a slight “click” sound when the ball bounced off Holmes’ lower leg and rolled towards first base. However, he did not appear to notice anything was wrong and stayed focused on the game:
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“That ball was hit extremely hard,” one of the announcers said as team managers went to check on Holmes who stayed in the game until the fifth inning.
When reporters told Jones what happened, he said it was the first he had heard about it. “I’m sorry. He’s a friend of mine. We work out in Nashville together, so it’s tough to
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