Athletics-Marlins game halted for 10 minutes after 2 fans are hit in face by foul ball
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An unidentified woman is helped by emergency personal after she was hit by a ball off the bat of Oakland Athletics' Nick Punto during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 29, 2014 in Miami. The game resumed after a 10-minute delay to treat two fans hit in the face by foul balls.The Athletics defeated the Marlins 4-3. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) (The Associated Press)
The Athletics-Marlins game was halted for 10 minutes Sunday while medical personnel treated two fans hit in the face by the same foul ball.
A line drive off the bat of Oakland's Nick Punto struck a young woman sitting in the first row along the right-field line, and then hit a man nearby.
The woman was conscious when she was placed in a wheelchair on the field and taken along the warning track to an exit in the right-field corner. She was taken to a hospital for evaluation, the Marlins said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The man received treatment at the ballpark and was released.
"Marlins Park was a dangerous place today," Miami manager Mike Redmond said. "I saw the girl get hit square on. She had no idea it was coming. I think she just turned at the last second."
Punto said his foul skipped off the railing along the front of the stands before hitting the woman.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"It's very unfortunate," he said. "I hope she's doing OK. I'll be reaching out."