Brewers’ Mike Fiers emotional, apologizes for hitting Giancarlo Stanton

It was a long and emotional night for all players involved in Thursday’s game between the Miami Marlins and Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. That was especially true for Brewers’ starting pitcher Mike Fiers.

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In what was otherwise just another baseball game in the final weeks of the regular season, things took an especially unfortunate turn when Fiers accidentally hit Marlins’ slugger Giancarlo Stanton in the face with a pitch. That stopped the game for an extended period of time as Stanton was stabilized and carted off the field.

It was reported after the game that Stanton sustained facial lacerations and that he would have to have X-rays and a CT scan done as well.

While things got heated in the moments after Stanton was taken off because the next batter was also hit by a pitch, the ultimate takeaway is that Fiers clearly did not hit anybody on purpose. That was reflected in his emotional response after the game, in which he offered his thoughts to Stanton:

Now the baseball world hopes to hear good news on Stanton’s status and turns their attention to wishing him well in his recovery.

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