Guardians pitcher narrowly escapes serious injury after 106.6 mph line drive comes right toward his head

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Cade Smith was mere inches away from one of the scariest moments that could occur on a baseball diamond.

The Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher was on the bump in the bottom of the fifth of a 2-2 game in Seattle against the Mariners when Rowdy Tellez came up to bat.

Smith's 88 mph breaking ball caught the lower half of the strike zone, and Tellez, one of the game's harder hitters, barreled one up.

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Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Cade Smith (36) is checked on after being hit by the ball during the fifth inning against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park.  (Steven Bisig-Imagn Images)

Tellez mashed a line drive that came directly back to where it had come from, coming off the bat at a scorching-hot 106.6 mph.

With essentially zero time to react, the ball hit the brim of Smith's cap, with the right-hander narrowly escaping a serious injury.

With the cap breaking the speed of Tellez's hit, it trickled into the outfield, and it was enough for him to reach second with a double. 

Smith was completely unfazed, though, as he struck out the next batter to end the inning.

Cleveland Guardians relief pitcher Cade Smith (36) pitches to the Seattle Mariners during the fifth inning at T-Mobile Park.  (Steven Bisig-Imagn Images)

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Seattle wound up scoring four runs in the seventh inning and taking home a 7-2 victory.

Tellez had a scorcher earlier in the game, mashing a homer with an exit velo of 107.3 mph. He has an average exit velocity of 91.3 mph, which ranks in the 80th percentile among qualified