Minnesota Twins outfielder Trevor Larnach hit a deep ball to right field in a recent game that had an unexpected result.
The home run ball hit a fan in the face, causing a nosebleed, and the fan appeared to lose consciousness after being hit by a baseball during the bottom of the second inning of a Twins-Tampa Bay Rays game.
The unlucky fan tried to grab the home run ball with his bare hands, but the ball flew off the outfielder's bat at an estimated 112.5 mph.
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Minnesota Twins outfielder Trevor Larnach (9) runs on the bases after hitting a three-run home run in the second inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on September 2, 2024 in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. (Nathan Ray Seebeck – USA Today Sports)
Medical staff attended to the injured fan.
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The man did not appear to have been seriously injured.
“Thankfully, he's OK.” Larnach says: “But it was scary. It was… I'd never seen that before,” he said in a post-game interview. “So it was good to talk to him.”
A panoramic view of the stadium before the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Minnesota Twins at Tropicana Field on April 21, 2018, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. (Douglas DeFelice – USA Today Sports)
Larnach's home run ultimately proved decisive for the Twins, as Minnesota celebrated a 5-4 victory in the first game of a four-game series against Tampa Bay.
The Twins entered Tuesday trailing the Cleveland Guardians by 3.5 games in the National League Central Division.
Minnesota Twins outfielder Trevor Larnach (9) runs on the bases after hitting a three-run home run in the second inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on September 2, 2024 in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. (Nathan Ray Seebeck – USA Today Sports)
Larnach added that he signed autographs for some fans and checked on the injured fan.
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“(The clubhouse manager) came up to me during the game and asked me if I could sign his ball. He asked me if I could sign his bat, so I gave it to him. I was in right field in the last innings. He moved me from left field to right field so I could talk to him.”
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