Kevin Youkilis gets hit in the face with a baseball

Posted on June 24, 2008
Filed Under 2008 Season, Injury Watch |

Kevin Youkilis was hit in the face by a bouncing warmup throw from Mike Lowell before the 5th inning in last night’s game. I was at the park and a hush came over the crowd as they immediately thought the worst (the irony is that right before it happened, they played a Tony Conigliaro tribute video at Fenway.) His eye kept getting more swollen with every second that passed so Francona took him out and replaced him at first-base with Brandon Moss.

Kevin Youkilis\' ShinerLuckily they ran a CT scan on his face and it came back negative. If the swelling goes down then he should be a go for tonight’s game. If not, then Brandon Moss will more than likely get the start because Sean Casey is still serving his suspension.

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  1. Youkilis sent to an eye specialist : Sox Addict - There’s no 12-step program for this.. on June 24th, 2008 5:34 pm

    [...] getting hit in the eye with a baseball between innings during last night’s game (link), Kevin Youkilis underwent some tests and they all came back negative for fractures and anything [...]

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