Umpire Dale Scott leaves game after he's clobbered in the mask and face in @Orioles v @BR_BlueJays game. #ouch #painful pic.twitter.com/iOqQ72Ez57
— Marc Silverstein (@onthemarcmedia) April 15, 2017
Home plate umpire Dale Scott was released from a Toronto hospital Saturday morning after being removed from the field on a stretcher in Friday night's game between the Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles.
Scott, a 31-year veteran crew chief, was diagnosed with a concussion at Mount Sinai Hospital after a foul tip off the bat of Baltimore's Mark Trumbo directly hit him in the bottom part of his mask in the top of the eighth inning.
Scott, 57, staggered backward before going down on one knee after the ball struck his mask and knocked it off. He was tended to by trainers from both teams, paramedics and a Blue Jays team doctor.
Scott was mobilized with a neck brace, placed on a stretcher and carted off the field.
The game was delayed more than 10 minutes and resumed with second base umpire Brian Knight working behind home plate.
"I think it's just a reminder of the challenges physically and the risk taken every night by catchers, umpires and that one, I know Dale had some concussions last year," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said after the game, via the Baltimore Sun. "That one didn't sound good. Someone said the replay (showed) it hit like his chin and hit his throat guard? I'm hoping for the best. That one was not good."
