ATLANTA (AP) — A TV reporter who covers the Atlanta Braves for Fox Sports South has suffered a fractured eye socket after she was hit by a foul ball.
Kelsey Wingert was struck Friday night while standing in the camera well past the Braves’ first base dugout. Odubel Herrera of the Philadelphia Phillies grounded the foul in the seventh inning that hit her.
In a statement on its Twitter account, the network says Wingert was briefly hospitalized, was resting comfortably on Saturday and expected back on the job soon.
Wingert posted an update on her Twitter account expressing thanks for the support and adding “it could have been MUCH worse.