Brewers' Corbin Burnes nearly faints in Cincinnati heat: 'Scary in the moment'

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Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Corbin Burnes threw a gem on Friday, striking out a season-high 13 batters in a 1-0 over the Cincinnati Reds. 

While Burnes had one of his best performances of the year, a scary moment in the fifth inning almost cut his outing short with the game-time temperature at 91 degrees and high humidity, according to the Associated Press. 

Milwaukee Brewers' Corbin Burnes throws to a Cincinnati Reds batter during the first inning of a baseball game in Cincinnati, Friday, July 14, 2023.  (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)

After throwing a first-pitch strike to Reds shortstop Matt McLain, Burnes crouched behind the mound as teammates and trainers rushed toward him. 

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"I’m not really sure exactly what happened," Burnes said after the game. 

"Everything kind of went dizzy, and eyes went cross-eyed," he continued. "I went to the back of the mound, hopefully blinking a couple of times, and it would go away, and it didn’t. So, I was just kind of dizzy and cross-eyed there for a minute or two, and it finally started to go away. After a bottle of water, just time to give it a second, it went away and didn’t come up the rest of the way. Luckily, it was nothing crazy, and I could go back out there for the sixth. Scary in the moment, for sure."

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Burnes was able to finish up the fifth inning before striking out the side in the sixth. 

"He just got light-headed, essentially," Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. "The trainers don’t think it was a hydration issue. Just like you lift something