Tigers pitcher Matt Manning missed a lot of the 2023 MLB Season after being hit in the foot with a hard-hit grounder in April, an injury that knocked him out of action for 77 days.
On Wednesday night bad luck struck again for Manning, as he was hit in the same foot with a 119.5-mph grounder by Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton, a hit that broke his foot and knocked Manning out for the rest of the season.
Manning went out in style, however, as he was somehow able to make a play on the ball and get Stanton out at first.
Check this out:
Matt Manning suffered a fractured right foot and will be out for the rest of the season, per @cmccosky https://t.co/WMhqHfgY6X
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) September 7, 2023
What a brutal year for the 25-year-old pitcher.
MLB fans were in awe that he was able to make the play:
idk how you get hit by a bullet and still make that play https://t.co/G0Aw6jBuBU
— big fan (@HSK_Era7) September 7, 2023
Matt Manning just took a 119.5 mph liner off the bat of Giancarlo Stanton to the foot and made the play🤯🤯
— BrooksGate (@jkbb23) September 6, 2023
He has been pulled from the game after this play though https://t.co/UoUIUKCeuE
i woulda been yelling like i was in a tom and jerry episode https://t.co/o68tQY1VLL
— matthew ritchie (@mkrwrt) September 6, 2023
119.5 off the bat from Giancarlo Stanton directly off the foot. Sounds painful. https://t.co/hB7cr17eBt
— Sean Paul (@SeanPaulCBB) September 6, 2023
119.5 off the bat lmfao how is he not in a wheelchair https://t.co/OiE8iik2zj
— Very Depressed Giants, Yankees, Nets, and MSU Fan (@WakaFlockaFleet) September 6, 2023
