The Mariners starting pitcher was participating with the rest of the team in pregame drills Wednesday just a day after a line drive made contact with his face.

Mariners starter George Kirby was hit in the face and bloodied by a line drive during the fifth inning of Seattle's 5-1 loss to the Orioles on Tuesday night.

The ball came off that bat at 102.7 MPH, so thank goodness it hit him there and not in a worse place, as Kirby said (see below). The Mariners got the out after the ball ricocheted