Marlins' Ryan Weathers struck in head by catcher's warmup throw in bizarre moment vs. Rays

Marlins starter Ryan Weathers was drilled in the head by a throw down to second base after tossing his final warmup pitch between innings during a Miami Marlins-Tampa Bay Rays meeting Saturday As is customary between innings the catcher will throw the ball down to second base to practice for a possible steal situation during the frame But Marlins catcher Nick Fortes throw to second caught Weathers right in the head and Weathers dropped promptly to the mound Weathers was clearly in pain and trainers emerged to examine the left-hander CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMWeathers shook off the blow and stayed in the event He threw a clean first inning with just eight pitches However Weathers was removed from his start after three innings for precautionary reasons after throwing just pitches MARINERS PITCHER SHRUGS OFF 'SCARY' MPH LINE DRIVE TO THE FACE 'IT DIDN'T EVEN HURT'The Marlins noted Weathers would be further evaluated Miami has struggled so far this season with a - record despite an - win over Tampa Bay Saturday They were just swept by the Colorado Rockies who have the worst record in MLB by far - as of Saturday Weathers has a ERA over four starts innings pitched giving up just hits over those starts and six earned runs with strikeouts and seven walks This is Weathers fifth MLB season after beginning his career with the San Diego Padres He struggled to start his career before being traded to Miami during the campaign Weathers unlocked something in Miami pitching to a ERA in starts in He seems to have picked up where he left off before this scary episode in his latest outing Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter