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Royals pitcher Yarbrough starting for KC for 1st time since being struck by line drive in face

FILE - Kansas City Royals pitcher Ryan Yarbrough throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Kansas City, Mo., May 2, 2023. Yarbrough is returning to the mound Sunday, July 9 to start against Cleveland in his first major league game since the left-hander was hit in the head with a line drive two months ago. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley, file) (Colin E. Braley, Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

CLEVELAND ā€“ Kansas City Royals pitcher Ryan Yarbrough is returning to the mound Sunday to start against Cleveland in his first major league game since the left-hander was hit in the face with a line drive two months ago.

Yarbrough was activated from the 60-day injured list before the series finale, the team's last game before the All-Star break.

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The 31-year-old Yarbrough suffered multiple fractures around his eye when he was hit with a 106.2 mph smash by Oakland's Ryan Noda on May 7. The ball ricocheted off Yarbrough to Royals All-Star catcher Salvador Perez, who threw Noda out at first.

Yarbrough was hospitalized following the scary incident. He made his final rehab start on Tuesday for Triple-A Omaha.

Royals manager Matt Quatraro is thrilled that Yarbrough was able to overcome the experience.

ā€œItā€™s jarring and then heā€™s the one who has to go through the recovery process,ā€ he said. "It's something that you canā€™t take for granted. Itā€™s nice for us to see him back and be himself so that we have the comfort of knowing that he feels good about being out there.ā€

Yarbrough signed a 1-year deal with Kansas City in December after spending five seasons with Tampa Bay.

In other moves, the Royals recalled infielder/outfielder Samad Taylor from Triple-A Omaha and placed outfielder Edward Olivares on the 10-day injured list with an oblique strain. Quatraro called Olivares' injury ā€œextremely mildā€ and said the move was made more so Kansas City wasn't short for the series finale.

Also, Kansas City designated reliever Amir Garrett for assignment.

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