Photographer Walks Off After Ben Rice's 79.5-mph Foul Ball Strikes Head at Angel Stadium
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 3
Photographer Walks Off After Ben Rice's 79.5-mph Foul Ball Strikes Head at Angel Stadium
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 3
Summary
A photographer was hit in the head by a foul ball in the sixth inning of the Yankees' 6-3 extra-inning win over the Angels, then left the first-base camera well wearing a neck brace and under his own power.
The ball came off Ben Rice's bat at 79.5 mph on an 87-mph Reid Detmers slider, and the game stopped for about 10 minutes while Yankees medical staff and stadium personnel treated the injury.
Mike Schuck, the Yankees' director of sports medicine and rehab, went into the well to assist, while head trainer Tim Lentych called for a cart.
An Angels spokesperson said through the photographer's outlet that he was OK and receiving medical attention; Rice later said he was "very relieved" after seeing the photographer was looking the other way at impact.