Ready for the play of the day?
This is from Saturday in Philadelphia where Phillies right-hander Vince Velasquez took a reported 96-mph line drive off his throwing arm and then, while in incredible pain, dropped his glove and threw a rope left-handed to 1st for the out. Check it out:
My god … Vince Velasquez just caught a line drive on his right arm … dropped his glove and threw the ball over to 1st base left handed before collapsing to the ground pic.twitter.com/yh9sVsU193
— daniel j. scotti (@scottipippen) June 30, 2018
Unfortunately, the injury did put him on the 10-day disabled list:
Phillies placed RHP Vince Velasquez Velasquez Velasquez on 10-day DL with right forearm contusion & optioned LHP Zac Curtis to Lehigh Valley
RHP Pat Neshek has been reinstated from the 10-day DL and RHP Jake Thompson has been recalled from Lehigh Valley@6abc#bebold https://t.co/Q9Pri8fH3P
— Jeff Skversky 6abc (@JeffSkversky) July 1, 2018
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