Video: Angels Catcher Carried Out With Scary Neck Injury

It was a frightening scene in Anaheim last night, as Los Angeles Angels catcher Kurt Suzuki took a warm-up toss before an inning that somehow got under his face-mask, hit him in the neck and left him unable to stand. 

UPDATE: Scary situation involving #LAAngels catcher Kurt Suzuki.. he was removed with a neck contusion. He is alert and undergoing further testing, per Angels.

Suzuki was hit in the neck area on a bounce from an errant warm up pitch, and needed help getting down dugout steps.

— Hazel Mae (@thehazelmae) May 29, 2022

Kurt Suzuki left the game after taking a warm up pitch off his neck/head area. Angels staff and players went to carry him into the clubhouse. pic.twitter.com/UdgMffFaED

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) May 29, 2022

Angels staff and players had to carry him out and into the clubhouse, where he appeared to collapse. He was taken to a nearby hospital for further testing. He was diagnosed with a neck contusion. 

Luckily, the crazy situation took a turn for the better a few hours after the game, as Suzuki was feeling "much better," and manager Joe Maddon said he might even be available to play on Sunday. 

“It was kind of funky,” Maddon said. “I don’t know if he actually did. We took him downstairs, put him on the floor in the runway down there. The trainers were right there. The medics were right there ... It was a weird moment, no question.”