{"id":66396,"date":"2022-09-05T07:03:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T07:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gary-sanchez-nearly-struck-in-head-by-swinging-on-deck-batter\/"},"modified":"2022-09-05T07:03:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T07:03:58","slug":"gary-sanchez-nearly-struck-in-head-by-swinging-on-deck-batter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gary-sanchez-nearly-struck-in-head-by-swinging-on-deck-batter\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Sanchez nearly struck in head by swinging on-deck batter"},"content":{"rendered":"
CHICAGO \u2014 Minnesota Twins catcher Gary S\u00e1nchez was feeling fortunate Sunday after he nearly walked into a major injury.<\/p>\n
The former Yankees catcher was almost struck in the head by a full swing by teammate Gilberto Celestino during Minnesota’s 5-1 victory against the Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred when Chicago brought in Kendall Graveman to face S\u00e1nchez with two outs in the eighth inning. S\u00e1nchez was heading back to the dugout to learn more about the reliever when he was almost hit by Celestino in the on-deck circle.<\/p>\n\n
Celestino missed S\u00e1nchez’s face by mere inches.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a few minutes to go and ask a couple questions about that pitcher,\u201d S\u00e1nchez said through a translator. \u201cI saw his bat was on his shoulder just standing there in the on-deck circle and so I went back to the dugout and I did n’t notice he was swinging.\u201d<\/p>\n