The referee Hunter Wendelstedt was hit in the head by a duration of the missing ball, the seventh entry of the Mets Mets game to Ednesota from New York on Wednesday.
Wendelstedt, 53, was driving the first base when Tyrone Taylor cut a line in the bad territory. He tried to get out of the way, but the ball hit him on the side of the head.
Wendelstedt fell immediately, and Mets first base coach Antoan Richardson, frantically the twins shelter for medical care. The athletic coaches of the twins attended him while he lay on the ground.
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First base referee Hunter Wendelstedt is treated after being hit by a dirty ball in the seventh entry of a baseball set between the Minnesota Twins and the New York Mets, on Wednesday 16, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Photo AP/ABBIE Parr)
Wendelstedt remained depressed for approximately a minute or two, and then helped him stand up and left the field with the help of the athletics coaches of the twins while a gorge was being a hero in his head.
After Wendelstedt left the field, the game resumed with only three referees.
“I’m not sure I dreamed that happens,” said Mets announcer Gary Cohen.
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The hunter of the first Hunter Wendelstedt base, center, leaves the field with the medical staff after being beaten by a duration of the missing ball, the seventh entry of a baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Mets of New York, on April 16, 2025, in Minneapis. (Photo AP/ABBIE Parr)
Taylor ended the third base to the ground once the at-at resumed.
Wendelstedt is the son of Harry Wendelstedt Jr., who took advantage of 33 seasons, from 1966 to 1998.
Hunter Wendelstedt has been arbitration of the MLB games since 1998 and has incorporated a game of stars (2011) and a world series (2014).
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Referee Hunter Wendelstedt in the countryside during the second entry between the parents of San Diego and the Cardinals of St. Louis in Petco Park on April 2, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Brandon Sloter/Getty images)
The Wednesday game between the Mets and the Twins is the last in a series of three games. The Mets won 5-1 on Monday, and the twins won 6-3 on Tuesday to establish the rubber game.
At the time of this writing, the twins and the Mets are tied 3-3 at the bottom of the Ecighth Ennning.
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