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Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Willy Adames left Friday’s game after being hit in the side of the head by a foul ball during the bottom of the second inning, according to multiple reports.
Adames, who was sitting on the top step of the dugout when he was hit by a foul ball off the bat of Milwaukee third baseman Brian Anderson, was pass more testing.
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Willy Adames walked with head athletic trainer Scott Barringer and team doctors. His companions surrounded him before he got up. Brian Anderson was very emotional on the field after the foul ball. https://t.co/GWTqdlHrNP
Per Curt Hogg on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel“Video from the third base side of the field showed that the ball appeared to hit Adames in the side of the head. the plate immediately as Anderson swung.”
After being checked out and treated at the clubhouse, he was taken to a local hospital.
Adames, 27, entered Friday’s game hitting .205 with nine homers, 27 RBI, 23 runs and a .673 OPS in 50 games. He remains a solid source of power for the Brewers from his shortstop position after hitting 25 homers in 2021 between the Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays and a career-high 31 homers and 98 RBI last season.
He hit 20 or more dingers in three of his first five seasons.
The Brewers enter Friday’s game with a 27-23 record, atop the NL Central. Milwaukee is looking to return to the postseason after missing out last year, snapping a four-year playoff streak that included a trip to the NLCS in 2018.
The Brewers have never won a playoff series since, though.
