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04/09 16:55 CDT Tigers' Parker Meadows hospitalized after head-to-head outfield
collision with teammate Riley Greene
Tigers' Parker Meadows hospitalized after head-to-head outfield collision with
teammate Riley Greene
By DAVE CAMPBELL
AP Sports Writer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --- Detroit Tigers center fielder Parker Meadows was sent to a
hospital for overnight observation after he collided head-to-head with teammate
Riley Greene as they converged for a fly ball on Thursday.
Greene made the catch, and Meadows landed on his back in a daze, barely moving
with his hands pointed up and blood appearing on his face. After a few minutes,
Meadows was able to sit up. Medical personnel slowly helped him stand and move
toward a cart that was waiting to take him away.
"It's a terrible feeling. I still feel terrible," Greene said after the game
against Minnesota at Target Field. "He hit my head. I don't know where I hit
him, to be honest, but I just really hope he's OK."
Meadows had a concussion, manager A.J. Hinch said after the Tigers lost 3-1 to
the Twins and were swept in the four-game series. The collision caused Meadows
to bite the inside of his mouth, which led to the bleeding.
"We're going to get him checked out for everything, but this one worries me,"
Hinch said.
Josh Bell led off the eighth inning for Minnesota with a shallow fly to
left-center that Greene appeared to be calling for as he and Meadows ran toward
the ball. Meadows tried slowing up and backing off at the last second. But his
face appeared to slam against Greene's head, sending both players tumbling to
the grass.
"It's a perfect tweener, and you have two guys who like to go and get it,"
catcher Jake Rogers said. "It's a scary thing."
Meadows has started 11 of 13 games in center field for the Tigers this season.
Matt Vierling made the other two starts. Meadows went 0 for 3 on Thursday and
is batting .250 with two extra-base hits.
The 26-year-old Meadows, who was a second-round draft pick by the Tigers in
2018, made his major league debut in 2023. He missed the first two months of
last season with a nerve problem in his upper right arm. Then he missed more
than a month with a shoulder injury and finished with a .215 average and a .621
OPS.
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