LeMahieu is seen getting low to stretch for a bouncing throw from across the diamond when another ball enters the picture on a line from the right side of the screen and hits his face around eye level.
He was scratched from the lineup, which had him playing first base and batting ninth, for “precautionary reasons.”
LeMahieu did not start Saturday’s game, either, but was in the dugout.
It was the latest indignity in a disastrous season for the three-time All-Star and two-time batting champion.
DJ LeMahieu was out of the lineup again on Saturday. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST
After beginning the season on the injured list, LeMahieu is batting .189 with two home runs, seven extra-base hits and a .512 OPS in 185 at-bats over 62 games
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