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Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows ends up in hospital after scary collision with teammate

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Published 2 months ago

Detroit Tigers center fielder Parker Meadows was hospitalized for observation on Thursday after a scary collision with left fielder Riley Greene in a 3-1 Major League Baseball loss to the Minnesota Twins.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/meadows-parker/OOkQHkTR/"]Meadows[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/greene-riley/thaiJY5Q/"]Greene[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/baseball/detroit-tigers-0QIlt8pi/minnesota-twins-OjWW1naM/?mid=EsPILdBm"]were both tracking an eighth-inning line drive[/a] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/minnesota-twins/OjWW1naM/"]Twins[/a] batter [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bell-josh/fHqScxH4/"]Josh Bell[/a] when they smacked into each other at full speed.[/p][p]Greene remained on his feet with the ball in his hand as Meadows crumpled to the ground with blood trickling out of his mouth after the head-to-head clash.[/p][p]"[b]It was a terrible feeling,[/b]" said Greene, who went over to offer support before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/detroit-tigers/0QIlt8pi/"]Tigers[/a] medical staff arrived to tend to Meadows and, eventually, help him onto a cart.[/p][embed guid="9390f060-7221-4483-98d4-a67b703af946" url="https://x.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/2042334973428900321?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Tigers said he would stay in hospital overnight.[/p][p]"[b]That was an ugly, scary one,[/b]" Tigers manager A.J Hinch said. "[b]When we got out there, it looked like he had bit his lip or inside his mouth, so there was some blood, and he was pretty out of it.[/b][/p][p]"[b]Those are scary collisions. You don't know what you're going to get when you get there,[/b]" Hinch added. "[b]Obviously we're going to get him checked out for everything, but this one worries me.[/b]"[/p]

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