A scary moment played out on the field Tuesday night in Midland, Michigan, in the third inning of the Great Lakes Loons’ game against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.
Great Lakes starting pitcher Patrick Copen was struck in the face by a line drive off the bat of Wisconsin’s Cooper Pratt and carted off the field.
Copen, the Dodgers’ No. 20 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, did not lose consciousness before leaving the field to be taken to a local hospital according to multiple witnesses.
Although no Statcast data was available from the game, Pratt’s line drive was a 100-mph shot off the bat according to one observer:
Copen, 22, was a seventh-round draft pick out of Marshall in 2023 who signed for $225,500.