Phillies

Watch Nick Williams Take a Baseball to the Face

By Bob Wankel

Published: Jun 19th, 2018 · 1:28 AM EDT

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Nick Pivetta struck out a career-high 13 (13!) St. Louis batters. The Phillies bullpen once again filled me with rage and woe. They still won anyway.

But the big story of a dramatic walk-off win was that for the second time this season a baseball wrecked the face of a Phillies player. This time the victim was right fielder Nick Williams:

Nick Williams takes ⚾️ right off his nose 😳 pic.twitter.com/Pueg1ZEML1

— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) June 19, 2018

Williams had to exit the game because he is merely a baseball player:

Not to minimize Nick Williams’ injury (we wish him the best) after a ball bounced off the fence and hit his nose, but Ian Laperriere once took a slap shot to the mouth, lost several teeth and had about 100 stitches administered — and returned to the same game. #Phillies #Flyers

— Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) June 19, 2018

An absolutely great point right here. Williams gets a 2 out of 10 on the grit scale for leaving the game. Points for bleeding, but this wasn’t a very Philly thing of him to do–he most certainly does NOT bring his lunch pail to work. He should have gone to the clubhouse, gotten stitched up, and later returned to a game that doesn’t permit re-entry. A valid comparison of two completely similar situations, for sure.

Anyway, Williams indicated after the game that he didn’t believe the injury was serious:

Nick Williams told Gabe Kapler after the game

“Im totally fine” https://t.co/viTO9bvrPI

— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) June 19, 2018