‘Sick to my stomach’: Kevin Pillar’s parents relive horrifying moment

It is every parent’s worst nightmare: their son sprawled out in a sea of his own blood, no one knowing for what seems like an eternity how a 94.5 mph fastball to the face would impact his career. Or life.

“I was sick to my stomach and I felt that I was gonna throw up,” said Kevin Pillar’s mother, Wendy. “Probably the worst, what can I say, spectacle I’ve ever seen of someone bleeding that much,” said his father, Mike. “I watch a lot of UFC and boxing. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen so much blood pouring out like that on anybody. I was kinda like, ‘Oh my God, I hope his whole face isn’t shattered.’ ”