MLB Umpire Hospitalized After Taking Broken Bat To the Face During Dodgers Game

Goes along with the job description.

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

You can guess what happened next.

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Scary moment in LA.

The home plate umpire is struck in the face by Mike Trout's broken bat 😳 pic.twitter.com/8pieLT7mKB

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 15, 2022

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

“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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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.

— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) June 15, 2022

Umpires should really get hazard pay.

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