“Uh-oh!” MASN play-by-play man Bob Carpenter stated as cameras captured Fox dropping his lunch to the proper of the pitcher’s mound whereas the crowd gasped. “Lucius Fox, sick to his stomach right behind the mound. It looked like he was trying to get off the field and he threw up right behind the Nats’ pitcher, and I don’t know how else to describe it.”
Thanks, Bob. That about covers it.
“Oh, my goodness, the third baseman Lucius Fox started to run off the field, and he is vomiting on the field right by the pitcher’s mound,” Giants radio play-by-play man Dave Flemming stated. “I haven’t seen that in a long time. Oh, no. He may have to come out of this game, and they may need a hose out on the infield. That did not look good. We’re a mile above the playing field here in D.C., and we could see that just as clear as day.”
The 24-year-old Fox was helped off the field and changed at third base by Maikel Franco. He nonetheless managed to go away his mark on the sport.
“We’re just going to play ball with a pile of vomit on the infield,” Flemming stated, earlier than Pederson hit a solo residence run to provide the Giants the early lead. “I hate to be that graphic, but that was intense.”
The Nationals Park grounds crew ultimately tried to scrub away a few of Fox’s mess with buckets of water between innings. Nationals followers on Twitter can anticipate to see the video of Fox throwing up fairly a bit this season.
The Nats Park grounds crew has come out with buckets of water between innings to attempt to clear up the mess that remained to the proper of the pitcher’s mound.
— Mark Zuckerman (@MarkZuckerman) April 24, 2022
After the loss, which dropped Washington to 6-12, Nationals Manager Dave Martinez stated Fox was coping with a abdomen flu. He took some fluids earlier than the sport and felt nicely sufficient to play, however his physique begged to vary. Fox, who made the Opening Day roster with a robust spring coaching, continues to be in the hunt for his first main league hit. If he can match the exit velocity he displayed Sunday whereas bent over subsequent to the mound along with his bat, it ought to come sooner quite than later.