DETROIT — It’s not good to see, Anthony Gose said.
“She probably won’t come to another baseball game ever again,” he said.
But there was good news Saturday afternoon about the woman who was struck in the side of the head by a Gose foul ball in the eighth inning of Friday night’s Tigers-Rangers game at Comerica Park.
The woman, who has not been identified by the Tigers, was released from the hospital early Saturday morning, according to the team. There was no update on her condition but general manager Al Avila said he was told she is doing well.
The Tigers plan on reaching out to her, a team spokesperson said.
After the incident, play was stopped for several minutes while emergency medical technicians attended to the woman, who was taken away on a stretcher, to the team’s first aid station and then Detroit Receiving hospital.
The scary sight led a number of Tigers to speak out about fan safety at Major League Baseball stadiums, including manager Brad Ausmus, who said, “I think the fan safety is a growing concern. It’s not really my call but I do think it’s something that should be looked at.”
Said Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander: “Hopefully it doesn’t get to a point where something really serious happens before there’s an adjustment made. I think baseball needs to make an adjustment in a hurry.”
At all 30 big league stadiums, protective netting stretches between both dugouts behind home plate, but no further.
Third baseman Nick Castellanos said netting needs to go up “without a doubt” above dugouts around the league.
“I don’t know what the cause is, why they haven’t done it, but for the safety of the fans, I think it’s necessary,” Castellanos said. “If today doesn’t get nets up, what’s it going to take?”
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