Kelsey Wingert, a reporter for AT&T Sportsnet, said she is recovering.
Kelsey Wingerta reporter for AT&T Sportsnet, said Thursday that he was recovering after being hit by a foul ball in the head on Monday in the game between the Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants.
“I was hit at the head of the line 95 miles per hour.”Wingert tweeted on Thursday, along with a photo showing some stitches placed on his forehead.
The reporter, who covers the Rockies, sat on camera Monday night despite dugout of the Rockies, in the early base. Giant outfielder Austin Slater fouled reliever Daniel Bard, and the ball hit Wingert.
In a Twitter message, Wingert said he spent five hours in a hospital, where tests ruled out fractures or internal bleeding.
In any case, it is necessary to place “internal and external sutures,” he said.
Wingert was hit by another foul ball in 2018, when he covered the Atlanta Braves for Fox Sports South. He suffered a fracture of his right orbital bone when he was hit by a foul ball hit by Odúbel Herrera of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Source: Clarin
