Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy is having a brutally unlucky year when it comes to injuries. He endured a particularly scary moment in Saturday night's game versus the San Francisco Giants. The two-time All-Star was hit in the back of the head by left-handed pitcher Matt Gage, who immediately looked up to the sky and put his glove over his face. Somehow, Muncy stayed in the game and took his base. He was removed in the next half-inning, though, per Orange County Register's Bill Plunkett.
This injury comes a day after Muncy was drilled in the wrist area , which came just four days after he returned from an oblique strain . Before that, he missed a month of action after suffering a bone bruise in his knee on a collision at third with Chicago White Sox outfielder Michael