Minneapolis-Vetreán Judge Hunter Wendelstedt went to the hospital for another test on Wednesday after being hit in the face behind the first base using a driving drive.
Wendelstedt immediately fell to the ground after taking a direct hit from the line, the bat smashing New York Mets center Tyrone Taylor in the seventh shift. Taylor i Minnesota twins right -handed Louis Varland Immediately after he saw where the ball hit Wendelstedta, who is in his 28th league season as a referee.
The head of the crew Todd Tichenor after the game told the pool reporter that Wendelstedt was coherent and spoken, but was passing through a shock protocol.
“Hopefully it’s just some stitches, I think I think,” said Tichnor.
The 53 -year -old Wendelstedt was down for a minute while the twins were tending, then he could slowly leave alone and pressed the towel on the left side of his head.
The second base of the referee Adam Hamari moved to the first left for the first time during the game.
Major League baseball said that Wendelstedt was going through more tests.
“We recommend it to be in good spirit when he was in contact with our medical staff,” MLB said. “We will continue to follow his status.”
The incident scared those in the field, no matter what uniform they were wearing.
“That stopped all of us and thought,” Tichenor said. “That hit him firmly in the head. It was scary.”
As the first twins You France He said, “It happened so fast. Just pray for a speedy recovery for him because you never want to see something like that.”
The Rocco Baldelli twins manager also expressed his concerns.
“I would like to wish him the best and said we’re all thinking about him,” Baldelli said. “I was glad to see him walking from the field under my own power. It was better than an alternative. We hope it is okay.”
Major League Baseball requires basic coaches to wear helmets since 2008, a year after Mike Coolbaugh’s death, which was killed after being hit by a line ride while coaching the first base in a smaller league game for A Texas Rangers affiliate.
Tichenor said he didn’t think that the referee had to start wearing helmets.
“This one was only 100 mph from the bat,” Tichenor said. “We learned to go opposite the ball. Just went to the ball. It happens. We all do it. Usually it doesn’t hit him in the head.”
