Bryan Cranston was hoping to get a hit in the All-Star Celebrity Softball game at Dodger Stadium.
Instead, the “Breaking Bad” actor got hit.
Cranston was hit in the right shoulder by a line drive from the Grammy Award winner’s bat Anthony Ramos as they practiced hitting in makeshift cages next to the baseball field on Saturday night.
Cranston, 66, doubled up for a few minutes, then went to his nearby trailer.
“It’s definitely going to bruise,” Cranston said after he recovered. “Maybe I’m more of a cheerleader in this game.”
The Tony, Emmy and Olivier award winner later felt well enough to play on the field at Dodger Stadium. He took a called third strike and feigned an argument with the umpire.
Cranston played for the Los Angeles team, which lost 15-13 to Brooklyn. Former San Francisco Giants star Hunter Pence hit two home runs for Brooklyn and was repeatedly booed by the LA crowd.
Best known for his role as Walter White in Breaking Bad, Cranston wore an Albuquerque Isotopes hat in the scene where White first meets attorney Saul Goodman – now the title character of the ‘Better Call Saul’ spin-off series.
Cranston has appeared at several games for the Triple-A Isotopes, and he and “Breaking Bad” costar Aaron Paul are scheduled to throw a ceremonial first pitch there on July 30.
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is Tuesday at Dodger Stadium.