Fans share concern after foul ball smacks kid at SEC Tournament
By Keith Farner
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There was a brief scare at the Tennessee-Florida semifinal game on Saturday at the SEC baseball tournament in Hoover, Alabama.
In the top of the seventh, a foul ball from Tennessee’s Evan Russell was smoked down the left field line into foul territory where a group of kids were playing. The ball appeared to wallop one child square on the head and caromed into the net close to the field.
The camera stayed on the area long enough for fans to see the kid pop up, and didn’t immediately appear to be hurt from the initial contact.
Here’s hoping he bounces back.
Looking for a longform on the 10-year-old who got drilled in the dome last 1/2 inning off a Evan Russell foul ball. Got right up. He’s a champ. Thank you in advance, @ByMikeWilson @wesrucker247
— Tyler Whetstone (@tyler_whetstone) May 29, 2021
This poor kid! 😳 pic.twitter.com/oGTpW2C8tG
— Austin Price (@AustinPriceless) May 29, 2021
This kid is an absolute unit for just standing right back up. Hope he’s okay. pic.twitter.com/VX5RSKESVu
— Barstool Rocky Top (@BarstoolTenn) May 29, 2021
Hope he is okay. pic.twitter.com/TqSjIQnGFf
— Tony Agolini (@tonyagolini) May 29, 2021
That kid got drilled by a foul ball from Evan Russell, but he got up a lot faster than I would have.
— Landon Raby (@lambo_raby10) May 29, 2021
Thought I just watched a kid die with that Evan Russell foul ball
— jor 🍊 (@jah_vol) May 29, 2021
Hope the kid in the checkerboard hat is ok after that foul ball from Russell. It rocketed off his head out there in the outfield.
— Brian Rice (@briancrice) May 29, 2021
I hope that foul ball hitting that kid doesn’t effect Russell moving forward
— SmokeyLowdown (@SmokeyLowdown) May 29, 2021
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
