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Former Braves sideline reporter hit in head by 95 MPH line drive during Rockies game

A former sideline reporter for the Atlanta Braves is recovering after she was hit during a Major League Baseball game earlier this week.

A 95 mph line drive struck Kelsey Wingert in the head during Monday night’s game between her current team the Colorado Rockies and the San Francisco Giants.

The Giants’ Austin Slater hit a foul ball off Rockies pitcher Daniel Bard in the ninth inning. The ball hit Wingert where she was sitting near the first-base camera and she received immediate medical attention.

“The @Rockies & @ATTSportsNetRM have treated me like family.