New York: A toddler was hospitalised on Wednesday after being struck by a foul ball as the New York Yankees faced the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium.
Play was held up for several minutes after Todd Frazier’s hit flew down the third-base line and into the crowd, striking the young girl.
The girl was given first aid at the stadium before being taken to an area hospital, the Yankees said in a statement.
“The child who was struck with a batted ball today was given first aid at the ballpark and is receiving medical attention at an area hospital,” the Yankees said, noting that federal laws prevented them from providing further information.
It is the latest of several incidents of fans being struck at Yankee Stadium.
A male fan was left needing medical attention in July after being hit by a foul ball from Aaron Judge while a young boy was left bloodied when being hit by debris from a broken bat in May.
The Yankees said in August they would studying the possibility of extending protective netting following the incidents.
“The Yankees are seriously exploring extending the netting prior to the 2018 season to the outside of the Yankees’ dugout and the outside of the visitors’ dugout, with the height of the netting being reduced as it approaches the dugouts,” the team said in a statement.
Major League Baseball does not have a timetable for installation of protective netting at all 30 major league stadiums, with commissioner Rob Manfred noting that the different designs of each stadium make it difficult to implement.
“We continually are talking to the individual clubs about what they should be doing in each of their stadiums,” Manfred said last month.
“I think the reluctance to do it on a league-wide basis only relates to the difficulty of having a single rule that fits 30 stadiums that obviously are not designed the same way.”
