Colorado Rockies TV Reporter Gets Hit In Head By Foul Ball

“I took a 95 MPH line drive to my head,” Kelsey Wingert said in a tweet, along with a photo that showed a row of stitches on her forehead.
Colorado Rockies television reporter Kelsey Wingert does a spot from the first-base well before the first inning of a game against the San Francisco Giants Monday, May 16, 2022, in Denver. Wingert was hit by a foul off the bat of San Francisco Giants' Austin Slater in the ninth inning of the game. The announcer, who was seated in the first-base camera well, was taken from the game after being struck in the head by the ball. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies television reporter Kelsey Wingert does a spot from the first-base well before the first inning of a game against the San Francisco Giants Monday, May 16, 2022, in Denver. Wingert was hit by a foul off the bat of San Francisco Giants' Austin Slater in the ninth inning of the game. The announcer, who was seated in the first-base camera well, was taken from the game after being struck in the head by the ball. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
via Associated Press

DENVER (AP) — AT&T Sportsnet reporter Kelsey Wingert says she’s recovering after being struck in the head by a line drive during the ninth inning of the Colorado Rockies’ game against the San Francisco Giants earlier this week.

“I took a 95 MPH line drive to my head,” Wingert said in a tweet, along with a photo that showed a row of stitches on her forehead.

Wingert, who covers the Rockies, was in the camera well past the Rockies’ first-base dugout on Monday night. Giants outfielder Austin Slater fouled a ball off Rockies reliever Daniel Bard and the ball hit Wingert.

Wingert said she spent five hours in a hospital, where tests revealed no fractures or internal bleeding. She said she “received internal & external stitches.”

Wingert also was hit by a foul ball in 2018, when she was covering the Atlanta Braves for Fox Sports South. She suffered a broken right eye socket when she was struck by a foul ball from Odubel Herrera of the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Colorado Rockies television reporter Kelsey Wingert is attended to after being hit by a foul ball off the bat of San Francisco Giants' Austin Slater in the ninth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 16, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Colorado Rockies television reporter Kelsey Wingert is attended to after being hit by a foul ball off the bat of San Francisco Giants' Austin Slater in the ninth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 16, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
via Associated Press

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