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 ...

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

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 — First-base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt was struck in ... holding a towel to the spot where he’d been hit. Wendelstedt was taken to a local hospital as the game finished.