Milwaukee Brewers reliever Grant Anderson took a line drive off his throwing arm on Thursday.
The Milwaukee Brewers ended up on the losing end of a hard-fought battle against the San Francisco Giants on Thursday as they fell 12-9 to split the four-game series. In the series conclusion, scary moments happened for Milwaukee.
After right-hander Coleman Crow exited the game following a brutal 2.1 innings on the mound, Brewers reliever DL Hall took over, but left the game in the fifth inning with head athletic trained Brad Epstein with what appeared to be a left pectoral muscle in jury, according to Todd Rosiak of the Green Bay Press Gazette.
After Hall exited the game, Grant Anderson took over, but was also injured in the seventh inning after a line drive off the bat of Bryce Eldridge hit him in his throwing arm, which caused him to leave the game.
Afterward, Anderson met with reporters to discuss the findings of the X-ray he received on his arm.
"Yeah, it feels much better already, but nothing's broken thankfully," Anderson said. "So, just kind of got a couple days to see what it feels like and go from there. It hit the bone pretty good, but fortunately it wasn't any harder, and fortunately none's broken or cracked."
Swelling on Anderson’s forearm, as well as an indent from the seams of the ball were on full display after the impact from the exit velocity off Eldridge’s bat. For Anderson, the pain was not immediate.
"It just takes a second sometimes," Anderson said. "You get hit initially and you don't really feel it, but then it kind of kicks in pretty quick right after that. It just, I mean, it didn't feel good."
For Anderson, additional imaging will be done.
"Yeah, I think we're gonna have another look at it just to be sure," he said. "But so far it feels pretty good."
Anderson, 28, has had 25 relief appearances for the Brewers this season and has a 1-2 record with a 3.16 ERA in 25.2 innings of work. He may miss some time while his forearm heals, but he understands that Milwaukee is a team equipped to handle injuries, which it has seen plenty of this season.
"Yeah, you know, I think we do a pretty good job of sticking together," Anderson said. "We all play for each other out there, especially in the pen. We try to pick each other up, like DL going down, I try to do my best to come in for him and pick the guys up.
"It's just part of the mentality that's almost bred into you when you get here," he added. "It's kind of fed into everybody in the locker room, like, ‘Hey, we can make it without somebody because the next guy's gonna step up and do their job until that guy comes back.’"
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