Mets’ Kevin Pillar tweets he’s ‘doing fine’ after pitch horrifyingly hit him in the face

It was a frightening scene at Truist Field on Monday night — a pitch thrown by Atlanta Braves reliever Jacob Webb hit New York Mets outfielder Kevin Pillar directly in the face, leaving him bloody.

Pillar somehow walked off the field under his own power. It was a horrifying moment as he was taken to the hospital for a CT scan.

Yet the outfielder tweeted hours later that he was “doing fine,” and he even seemed to joke it was an RBI that turned out to be the game-winner — the hit-by-pitch drove in a run for a 2-0 Mets lead, and New York eventually won 3-1.

Thanks to everyone that has reached out! Scary moment but I’m doing fine! #RBI #gamewinner 👍🏽👍🏽

— Kevin Pillar (@KPILLAR4) May 18, 2021

Thank goodness he’s OK. Here are the opposing managers talking about the incident, which was completely accidental:

Here's #Mets manager Luis Rojas on Kevin #Pillar who was hit in the face by fastball tonight. Pillar was taken to the hospital for a CT scan. @N12jamiestuart @KevinVesey @RichBarrabi @News12LI pic.twitter.com/AGlBNgH0U4

— Kevin Maher (@KMaherNews12) May 18, 2021

Braves manager Brian Snitker talks about Kevin Pillar's hit-by-pitch

"That's about as sickening as a thing as you can see on a baseball field…this guy is nothing but a pro the way he carries himself, how he plays the game" pic.twitter.com/zyJK0CRbyj

— SNY (@SNYtv) May 18, 2021