NEW YORK — A cameraman was injured Wednesday night time at Yankee Stadium when he was hit within the head by a wild throw from Baltimore Orioles rookie shortstop Gunnar Henderson.

Positioned proper subsequent to the New York Yankees’ dugout on the first-base facet, Pete Stendel of YES Network was struck by a hurried throw from Henderson, who fired excessive to first as he tried to finish a double play within the fifth inning.

The recreation was delayed about 17 minutes because the Yankees’ athletic coaching employees and medical personnel tended to Stendel within the digital camera effectively. Baltimore gamers got here off the sector and waited of their dugout as Yankees and Orioles, together with Henderson, watched in apparent concern at a hushed ballpark.

Stendel was strapped onto a stretcher and carted off the sector, elevating and wagging two fingers to loud applause from the group of 36,022 as he was pushed alongside the warning observe behind house plate.

Baltimore starter Dean Kremer was given a number of warmup pitches earlier than the sport resumed. Henderson was charged with an error that allowed Anthony Volpe to succeed in second base. He scored on Kyle Higashioka’s two-out single to provide New York a 2-0 lead.

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