{"id":2453944,"date":"2026-06-11T03:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T03:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2453944"},"modified":"2026-06-11T03:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T03:49:15","slug":"royals-rhp-seth-lugo-takes-liner-off-forehead-exits-game-vs-rangers-1450-am-99-7-fm-whtc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-rhp-seth-lugo-takes-liner-off-forehead-exits-game-vs-rangers-1450-am-99-7-fm-whtc\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals RHP Seth Lugo takes liner off forehead, exits game vs. Rangers | 1450 AM 99.7 FM WHTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Kansas City pitcher Seth Lugo exited Wednesday night\u2019s home contest in the fourth inning after taking a line drive to \u200bthe forehead off the bat of the \u200cTexas Rangers\u2019 Brandon Nimmo.<\/p>\n<p>With one out in the fourth, Nimmo rifled a 106.6-m.p.h. liner at Lugo and knocked him to the ground. The right-hander got up without assistance, \u200cbut \u200bwith a noticeable lump on \u2060his forehead.<\/p>\n<p>Nimmo, who reached \u2060base safely, called time out and ran to the mound to check on Lugo, his former teammate with the New York Mets. After \u200bspeaking with the Royals\u2019 training staff, Lugo walked to the dugout under his own power.<\/p>\n<p>Right-hander \u2060Mason Black replaced Lugo \u2060with Kansas City leading 1-0. Nimmo \u200bscored the Rangers\u2019 first run on a bases-loaded walk \u200bto Evan Carter, then they held a \u200c2-1 lead after their half of the stanza.<\/p>\n<p>Lugo allowed one run on three hits and one walk with two strikeouts in 3 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>The \u206036-year-old entered the day at 2-4 with a 3.91 ERA, 24 walks and 64 strikeouts in 76 innings \u2060over 13 starts \u200cthis season.<\/p>\n<p>For his career, Lugo \u2060is 66-51 with 16 saves, a \u200b3.52 ERA, \u200c300 walks and 1,018 strikeouts in \u200b1,069 innings \u2060over 373 regular-season games (136 starts) with the Mets (2016-22), San Diego Padres (2023) and Royals. Lugo was an All-Star and second in the 2024 Cy Young Award voting during his first season with the Royals.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Field \u200bLevel Media<\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- #entry-meta -->\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source whtc.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City pitcher Seth Lugo exited Wednesday night\u2019s home contest in the fourth inning after taking a line drive to \u200bthe forehead off the bat of the \u200cTexas Rangers\u2019 Brandon Nimmo. With one out in the fourth, Nimmo rifled a 106.6-m.p.h. liner at Lugo and knocked him to the ground. 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