What happened to Junior Caminero? Bizarre foul ball off his own face injures Rays superstar

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Junior Caminero found his way to an injury you've never seen before.

The Tampa Bay Rays superstar hit a foul ball on Tuesday night down off the dirt that bounced right up and hit him in the right side of his face.

He went down in pain.

It appeared to have hit his jaw and avoided his eye or his earring.

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What happened to Junior Caminero?

Caminero got incredibly unlucky on the way his foul ball deflected back up off his face.

Here's what happened:

#Rays star Junior Caminero fouls a ball off of his jaw.

Caminero stayed on the ground for a little, but is ultimately staying in the game, and advanced Chandler Simpson to 3B with less than two outs. pic.twitter.com/G0bZYLObG3— Groundball Media (@GBallMedia) April 28, 2026

This is how Caminero felt afterward:

Breaking: Caminero hit in face in foul ball in Rays vs Guardians game

Down but hopefully okay to keep playing!#raysup#guardsballpic.twitter.com/rB1boxX9I5— 𝕏 Sports Betting, Odds, Research (@WizardOddsShow) April 28, 2026

Caminero got checked out by the athletic trainer and manager Kevin Cash for a few minutes.

He's clearly going to be feeling this one for a while.

The good news was that he temporarily stayed in the game. He grounded out and hardly ran down the line.

But after that, Caminero was pulled for Ben Williamson. His night was over after a half inning.

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