MILWAUKEE (AP) — Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton sustained multiple facial fractures, dental damage and cuts that needed stitches after being hit in the face by a pitch Thursday night.
Marlins manager Mike Redmond said he expected Stanton, the major league RBI leader and a top candidate for the NL MVP award, was finished for the season.
The team said Stanton would return to Miami on Friday.
Stanton was hit under the left eye by a fastball from Milwaukee’s Mike Fiers in the fifth inning of a 4-2 loss. Stanton was driven off the field in an ambulance.
Stanton’s father was at the game and came on the field while his son was treated, and left with him in the ambulance.
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