Tuesday night was a tough night to be an all-star. Hours after St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was injured in a violent collision at home plate in Pittsburgh, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp was forced from their game against the Colorado Rockies after banging into the center field fence chasing a Josh Rutledge flyball in the first inning. Kemp was unable to make a play on the ball, resulting in a triple for the Colorado Rockies shortstop. He was also unable to protect or brace himself, resulting in a solid face first collision with the poorly constructed, partially padded wall. As you can see above, the wall is only padded about six feet up and then there's an indention and some fencing. Kemp hit the padded portion hard with the lower part of his body, while his jaw contacted the edge of the indention: Your browser does not support iframes.
Matt Kemp suffers knee contusion in wall collision
Published August 28, 2012 at 8:35 PM
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