Umpire Hospitalized After Taking Broken Bat To Face During Dodgers Game

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Scary scene during Tuesday night's Los Angeles Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers when Mike Trout hit a broken bat single off of Dodgers closer Craig Kimbrel. The bulk of the bat turned into a sharp spike that somehow found its way through home plate umpire Nate Tomlinson's mask...

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According to MLB insider Bob Nightengale, Tomlinson was taken to the emergency room, but avoided serious injury...

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"Home-plate umpire Nate Tomlinson was taken to the emergency room Tuesday night after being struck in the face by Mike Trout's broken bat, with a piece flying between bars of his mask, cutting his face just above his eye and nose. He managed to avoid serious injury, his crew says."

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