![Dayton pitcher Tony Amezcua (right) is examined by trainer Tyler Steele after getting hit by a ball lined off the bat of the Kernels' Dalton Hicks in the sixth inning of Thursday's Midwest League baseball game at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Amezcua received a glancing blow off of his nose and the side of his face and the ball caromed into center field. He left the game and said he was OK afterward. (Photo by Margaret O'Banion)](/images/resized/images/photos/others/07_200_158.jpg)
Dayton pitcher escapes serious injury
Dayton relief pitcher Tony Amezcua paid a scary price for his victory over the Cedar Rapids Kernels Thursday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
A screaming line drive by Kernels slugger Dalton Hicks struck Amezcua in the nose and the right side of his face in the sixth inning of Dayton's 13-9 victory, knocking Amezcua to the ground as teammates and the Dayton trainer rushed to his side.
Fortunately for Amezcua, it was a glancing blow and did not him squarely. But the ball was hit so hard that it ended up in center field as Hicks got a single.
"I didn't see it off the bat," said Amezcua. "I kind of turned at the last second. It got me on my nose."
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