Mets star Brandon Nimmo suffers terrifying head injury after fainting in bathroom

Brandon Nimmo missed the New York Mets' game against the Washington Nationals on Monday with a head injury he suffered after fainting in a hotel bathroom early in the morning

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New York Mets star Brandon Nimmo suffered a scary moment on Monday, and waking up with a nasty cut on his forehead with no recollection of what happened. The 31-year-old was in action for on Sunday, hitting a home run and racking up three RBIs in a 10-5 defeat to the Houston Astros at Citi Field. After the game, headed to Washington D.

C. for a three-game road stand against the Nationals. woke up feeling unwell and soon was left confused as he regained consciousness on the bathroom floor with blood pouring from his head.



He was swiftly tended to by team trainers and underwent numerous tests which came back negative, allaying fears of a serious underlying issue. Nimmo was also cleared of having a concussion, he will miss at least one game after sitting out Monday's 9-7 win offer the Nationals. "I went to bed last night and woke up at about 5.

15 a.m. and my stomach wasn't feeling that great," Nimmo told reporters before Monday's game.

"I decided to go to the bathroom and when I got there, I cramped, presumably from the physical exertion of yesterday. "When I cramped, I got up really fast and I went to go get a drink of water. I came back to the toilet and I don't remember going from the toilet.

All I remember is I woke up, I was on the floor of the bathroom and I was confused. "I was like 'Why am I here?' and when I pushed up I had blood running off my face from where I hit my head. I'm not sure where, I'm not sure how.

I've never had anything like this happen where I blacked ou.