It's not unusual to see a baseball player get hit with a pitch.
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It's extremely unusual to see a player hit himself in the face.
That's what happened Saturday in the fourth inning of the New York Mets-Houston Astros game. Mets third baseman Wilmer Flores swung at a pitch, fouled it off, and it crashed into his face.
Wilmer Flores leaves the game after fouling a ball off of his nose! Yikes!#MLB #AGS pic.twitter.com/fMj9Z7MEfR
— ALL GRIND SPORTS (@allgrindsports) September 3, 2017
Flores immediately dropped to the ground as blood poured from his nose.
VIDEO: Wilmer Flores fouls ball off of face, leaves @Mets game bleeding from nose https://t.co/DrJAH0w1FI pic.twitter.com/JJ9SUI4Rs7
— NY Daily News Sports (@NYDNSports) September 3, 2017
After the trainers came on to the field with a cloth, Flores left the game.
The New York Post reported he was taken to a hospital to be examined.
