A scary second throughout a Little League regional event in Waco, Texas on Tuesday changed into an inspiring show of sportsmanship after a participant hit by a pitch comforted the pitcher who hit him.
Pitcher Kaiden Shelton, of Pearland, Texas, was going through batter Isaiah Jarvis of Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he misplaced management of the ball and hit Jarvis' helmet on the Little League Southwest Regional Playoff last. Jarvis fell to the bottom and held his head as coaches rushed to examine on him.
Moments later, Jarvis was cleared and walked to first base. Nonetheless, Shelton was nonetheless shaken up and started to cry.
Seeing the distraught pitcher, Jarvis walked towards the mound and hugged Shelton. He instructed him, "Hey, you are doing nice. Let's go."
The gesture was applauded within the ballpark and on-line, the place many hailed it as a real second of sportsmanship.
Jarvis instructed CBS Information that if he was in Shelton's sneakers he "could be fairly scared, too."
"If you happen to're throwing onerous and also you simply hit any individual within the head, it is obtained to be a scary factor," he mentioned. "So, I simply wished to go over there and ensure he was all proper. Be certain that he is aware of that I am all proper. And actually simply encourage him."
Pearland beat Tulsa 9-4 and superior to the Little League World Sequence in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.