ST. PETERSBURG — Tropicana Field head groundskeeper Dan Moeller and his staff added netting Saturday afternoon over the triangular opening in the protective screen behind home plate.
The move came in the wake of Friday’s incident where a foul ball off the bat of the Rays’ Steven Souza Jr. passed through an opening and struck a 63-year-old woman near her eye, sending her to nearby Bayfront Medical Center.
Souza, who was in contact with the woman’s husband Saturday, said she was in stable condition.
“Our thoughts are with the injured fan and her family and we wish her a complete recovery,” Rays vice president of public relations Rick Vaughn said in a statement.