Bigge was already on the injured list and was not playing in the game
Tampa Bay Rays player Hunter Bigge was taken to hospital after being hit by a ball travelling at 105mph while in the dugout at a Major League Baseball game.
The relief pitcher, 27, was struck on the side of the face when the Baltimore Orioles' Adley Rutschman accidentally hit the ball into the home dugout at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida.
Bigge, who was not playing in the game as he recovers from a muscle strain, had been leaning on a rail in front of the dugout.
Emergency medical staff rushed to help him and he was placed in a neck brace and taken away on a stretcher before going to hospital to be assessed.
