Umpire leaves Mets-Twins game after getting hit in head with line drive

Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt was deed successful the caput by a foul shot during the seventh inning of the New York Mets-Minnesota Twins crippled connected Wednesday.

Wendelstedt, 53, was manning archetypal basal erstwhile Tyrone Taylor slashed a enactment thrust into foul territory. He tried to get retired of the way, but the shot deed him disconnected the broadside of the head. 

Wendelstedt instantly went down, and Mets’ archetypal basal manager Antoan Richardson frantically signaled towards the Twins’ dugout for aesculapian attention. The Twins diversion trainers tended to him portion helium laic connected the ground.

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First basal umpire Hunter Wendelstedt is attended to aft being deed by a foul shot during the seventh inning of a shot crippled betwixt the Minnesota Twins and New York Mets, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, successful Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Wendelstedt remained down for astir a infinitesimal oregon two, and past was helped to his feet and walked disconnected the tract with the assistance of the Twins’ diversion trainers portion a towel was being held to his head. 

After Wendelstedt near the field, the crippled resumed with lone 3 umpires. 

"I’m not definite I’ve ever seen that happen," Mets’ announcer Gary Cohen said.

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First basal umpire Hunter Wendelstedt, center, walks disconnected the tract with aesculapian unit aft being deed by a foul shot during the seventh inning of a shot crippled betwixt the Minnesota Twins and New York Mets, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, successful Minneapolis.  (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Taylor ended up grounding retired to 3rd basal erstwhile the at-at resumed. 

Wendelstedt is the lad of Harry Wendelstedt Jr., who umpired for 33 seasons, from 1966 to 1998. 

Hunter Wendelstedt has been umpiring MLB games since 1998 and has umpired successful 1 All-Star crippled (2011) and a World Series (2014).

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Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt connected the tract during the 2nd inning betwixt the San Diego Padres and the St. Louis Cardinals astatine Petco Park connected April 2, 2024 successful San Diego, California. (Brandon Sloter/Getty Images)

Wednesdays’ crippled betwixt the Mets and Twins is the last 1 successful a three-game series. The Mets won 5-1 connected Monday, and the Twins won 6-3 Tuesday to acceptable up the rubber match.

At the clip of this writing, the Twins and Mets are tied 3-3 successful the bottommost of the eighth inning.

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