A Braves field reporter is recovering after getting hit in the face with a line drive during the Atlanta Braves' loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.
Kelsey Wingert, a reporter for FOX Sports, was hit in the seventh inning with the line drive while getting ready to do a report. Phillies center fielder Odubel Herrera chopped a pitch foul off the plate foul and it hit Wingert in the duggout.
Wingert was taken to the hospital. She Tweeted a few hours later that she had a CAT scan, but was okay.
Early Saturday morning, Wingert said she suffered a fracture in her eye socket. She was able to go home.
Later on her Facebook page, Wingert said Friday's incident was one of her "worst nightmares."
"One of my worst nightmares happened last night as I was hit in the face with a line drive foul ball getting ready to do a report in the 7th inning. Went to ER and got CAT scan and was lucky to just come out with a fractured eye socket," she posted publicly.
Wingert said she will take some time off. FOX Sports said in a statement that it looks "forward to having her back in the rotation very soon."
The Braves lost 5-4 in 11 innings.
