Foul Ball Takes Out Couple

If you go to a baseball game, you have to be ready for a stray ball coming your way.  This couple was not ready, and they both paid dearly for their error.  Watch this ball seemingly break the laws of physics, as it travels from his crotch to her face.  It's a nut-shot/facial.

My main question with this video, is why didn't the guy who gets blasted in the nards try to catch the ball?  I mean he was flinching away before he even gets hit.  His girlfriend's reaction is hilarious, as you can see it takes her a second to realize she just got busted in the grill.