First base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt left Wednesday’s Mets-Twins game in Minneapolis after taking a rocket of a foul ball off the side of his head in the top of the seventh inning. Mets center ...

Hunter Wendelstedt, serving as the first-base umpire for Wednesday's game between the New York Mets and Minnesota Twins, is "fine" after being struck in the head by a foul ball during the late ...

The New York Mets’ game against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday afternoon was interrupted by a scary incident involving the first base umpire. Hunter Wendelstedt was struck on the side of the ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Veteran umpire Hunter Wendelstedt went to a hospital ... “That hit him solid in the head. It was scary.” Wendelstedt instantly hit the ground after he took a direct ...