‘Scary situation’ – MLB announcer smacked in head with foul ball forcing live broadcast into abrupt break

A baseball broadcaster suffered a scary moment in the booth when he was struck by a 'pretty good shot' to the back of his head.

Rick Rizzs, who serves as the lead radio voice for the MLB's Seattle Mariners, was on duty on Monday when he got hit by a foul ball.

He was covering the spring training game between the Mariners and the Milwaukee Brewers.

The frightening moment occurred in the fifth inning after Seattle pitcher Carlos Vargas threw a fastball to Milwaukee first baseman Rhys Hoskins.

Hoskins fouled the ball back, over a net and through a window into the visiting radio booth.

While the game wasn’t televised, the moment the ball struck Rizzs was heard on a radio broadcast.

“Swing and a foul,” the announcer said, before the ball smacked him on the head as he covered the game at the American Family Fields of Phoenix baseball park in Maryvale, Arizona.

“Did it get you?” his broadcast partner Gary Hill then asked.

Rizzs, who sounded dazed after the hit, replied, “Oh man, it hit me in the head.”

Hill then threw to an impromptu commercial break, saying, "we're gonna take a quick break here".

He explained what happened to Rizzs when the broadcast returned.

"Here's what happened, a ball came up to our booth and Rick got hit," he said.