An unlucky sequence of occasions ended with an MLB umpire in a neck brace and on a stretcher in Sunday’s New York Yankees-Colorado Rockies recreation within the Bronx.
Giancarlo Stanton‘s bat snapped on the deal with when he swung at an Austin Gomber pitch with runners on first and second within the backside of the fifth inning.
The damaged bat went backward and smacked residence plate umpire Nick Mahrley proper within the facemask.
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Giancarlo Stanton runs after hitting a house run in the course of the Cleveland Guardians recreation at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 22, 2024, in New York. (New York Yankees/Getty Photographs)
Mahrley instantly went down to at least one knee, clearly in ache, however he nonetheless tried to look at the play unfold as Stanton had a bloop single to left area to power the bases loaded in opposition to the Rockies.
When time was referred to as, everybody targeted on Mahrley, who remained on one knee. Yankees medical employees, in addition to gamers like Stanton, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Aaron Decide, checked in on Marley at residence plate.
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Rockies catcher Drew Romo additionally instantly turned to see how Mahrley was doing in the course of the play, which confirmed his sportsmanship.
New York’s Giancarlo Stanton hits a three-run homer in opposition to the Cleveland Guardians at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (Mary DeCicco/MLB Photographs by way of Getty Photographs)
After a number of minutes handed, Mahrley was positioned in a neck brace and a stretcher was used to move him off the sector.
With Mahrley not in a position to proceed calling balls and strikes, crew chief Marvin Hudson threw on his protecting gear to get behind the dish to switch his colleague.
It left the sport quick one umpire for the remaining innings.
It is the danger of each umpire, particularly these behind the plate, to get hit with pitches, foul balls and bats all through the season. And whereas a few of these situations simply ring the bell and go away some good welts, others are extra severe, which is why so many gamers had been checking on Mahrley.
Giancarlo Stanton’s bat snapped on the deal with when he swung at an Austin Gomber pitch with runners on first and second within the fifth inning. (Adam Starvation/Getty Photographs)
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The Yankees, Rockies and all these watching at Yankee Stadium will hope Mahrley’s neck brace is extra precautionary than something as he goes for additional analysis.
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