MINNEAPOLIS -- Veteran umpire Hunter Wendelstedt ... after he was struck in the face behind first base by a line drive foul ball. Wendelstedt instantly hit the ground after he took a direct ...

Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt ... he was struck in the face by a line drive in the seventh inning. Wendelstedt, 53, collapsed on the ground behind first base after being hit by a foul liner off ...

Veteran umpire Hunter Wendelstedt had to leave the game in Minnesota on Wednesday after he was struck in the face behind first base by a line drive foul ball. Wendelstedt instantly hit the ground ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Veteran umpire Hunter Wendelstedt went to a hospital for further examination on Wednesday after he was struck in the face behind ... “That hit him solid in the head.