Twins’ Royce Lewis Suffers Nasty Fall Against Guardians, Lands On Head and Neck

That looks like it hurt …

Royce Lewis of the Minnesota Twins took a nasty spill at first base during Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Guardians. Lewis tried to leap over first and landed on his neck when he couldn’t clear Guardians first baseman, Gabriel Arias.

It was one of those neck injuries that makes you cringe from the apparent spinal damage. Despite being on the ground for several minutes, Lewis got up and walked back to the dugout without assistance.

WATCH:

Royce Lewis flipped over the first baseman and landed on his head/face pic.twitter.com/0KvTL3uxi1

— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) June 4, 2023

Twins manager Rocco Baldelli, who recently announced that he’s expecting twins, said Lewis wasn’t seriously injured from the collision. He did not play again Sunday.

Lewis himself said after the game that aside from “soreness” he’ll be ready to play. To compound Lewis’ scary fall, the Minnesota Twins went on to lose, 2-1, against Cleveland.

“You know, the loss hurts more, to be honest,” Lewis said. “I didn’t help the team very much today. I’m just going to work my butt off to do so going forward. … I just remember hitting my face and my head. My shoulder hurts. I felt like I ran into a car backwards.”

Here’s How Twitter Reacted to the Nasty Fall:

a truly frightening moment but thankfully royce lewis walked off the field under his own power pic.twitter.com/FRbXp5mHXV

— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) June 4, 2023

What in God's green earth is Gabriel Arias doing? Prayers up for Royce Lewis. 💔 🙏pic.twitter.com/IB3X1mLZ4a

— Ahaan Rungta (@AhaanRungta) June 4, 2023

Royce Lewis absolutely cannot catch a break and it is so sad man. Hope he is feeling okay! pic.twitter.com/Zjk2Xt5pa3

— Waldos World (@BigSevyForMayor) June 4, 2023

Sorry for the video quality, but Royce Lewis!!! Yikes! pic.twitter.com/SnM1ndCAR8

— Jeff (@MNTwinsZealot) June 4, 2023

Oh my god.

Royce Lewis just flipped over the first baseman and landed VERY badly.

pic.twitter.com/1W3DpVqnnD

— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) June 4, 2023

Scary play here as Royce Lewis falls awkwardly on his head after running through first base

Thankfully he does not have a concussion and was just shaken up, per @dohyoungpark

pic.twitter.com/URM18vUHhx

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) June 4, 2023