MILWAUKEE -- The first and only pitch that Marwin Gonzalez saw in the Yankees' 4-1 loss to the Brewers on Saturday was a third-inning Brandon Woodruff curveball snapping over home plate for a called strike. The Yankees' infielder kicked at the dirt, looked down at his cleats, and then -- pow.

Gonzalez said that he ¡°blacked out for a second¡±, a flash of pain flooding the left side of his face. His legs quivering, it took Gonzalez few moments to realize what had happened; catcher Victor Caratini¡¯s throw somehow hit Gonzalez, sending his batting helmet flying and doubling the batter over in agony.

¡°At the moment that happened, when he was trying to throw the ball back, he was trying to talk to me,¡± Gonzalez said. ¡°I think that¡¯s how it happened; he was distracted.¡±

Gonzalez exited the game, replaced by pinch-hitter Aaron Hicks, who finished the at-bat by striking out.

Though athletic trainer Alfonso Malaguti initially expressed concern over Gonzalez¡¯s symptoms, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that he does not believe Gonzalez will need to go into concussion protocol.

¡°He¡¯s doing all right,¡± Boone said. ¡°He took a pretty good shot -- better than I thought. He had a pretty good mark on his face when I went up there and checked on him. The trainers just felt like he needed to get out of there at that point. He wanted to stay in. I don¡¯t think it¡¯s anything that¡¯s going to put him down.¡±

It has been a rough 24 hours for Gonzalez, who was also forced to leave Friday¡¯s game due to spells of dizziness. At one point, Gonzalez tapped Caratini on the shoulder; Gonzalez said that the catcher had apologized repeatedly for the mishap.

"I think you saw from Vic's reaction that he feels terrible about it,¡± said Brewers manager Craig Counsell. ¡°It's an accident. It's unfortunate. I hope he's all right."

Said Gonzalez: ¡°I knew it wasn¡¯t on purpose. It was OK. He tried to talk to me the whole time. I didn¡¯t talk back to him, because I didn¡¯t know what was going on, but he asked me several times, ¡®How are you feeling? How are you feeling?¡¯ I wasn¡¯t able to answer him back.¡±

Woodruff said that he was ¡°kind of stunned¡± by the incident.

¡°I heard [the ball hit] a bunch of helmet, so I thought, 'OK, it got helmet. Hopefully, he's fine,'¡± Woodruff said. ¡°But I guess he squared him up pretty good. [Caratini] didn't say much, but you could tell he was upset about it because it was unintentional and he hit a guy and he's out of the ballgame. You never want to have it happen like that.¡±