Monday’s game between the St. Cardinals vs. New York Mets, In Major League Baseball, offered one of the most dramatic images so far of the 2021. The dramatic scene was experienced when one of the umpires of the game received a brutal ball in the face and ended up dropping on the grass.
It was in the second entrance of the party of the MLB when the short field of the Cardinals, Edmundo Sosa, realized an extraordinary defensive play with which it cut a batazo of Kevin Enxampar, of the Mets; when turning on its axis, Sosa exerted all its force by throw the ball to first base and get the out, but did not have the desired ” hit ”.
The shot of the Panamanian baseball player brutally hit the face of the umpire Junior Valentine, who fell to the floor due to the pain caused by the blow and he put his hand to the side to realize he had blood. Sosa and everyone present at New York’s Citi Field Stadium watched the officials take the referee off the field.
After a brief review, Valentine was able to return to the match, which ended with a whitewashed 7-0 by St. Louis to New Yorkers, victory that was credited to veteran opener Adam Wainwright.
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