Former Mississippi State baseball player suffers concussion after struck by ball in face
Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free PressPublished 2:32 p.m. CT Feb. 27, 2020
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LAKELAND, Fla. ? A series of scary things happened to the Detroit Tigers on Saturday afternoon.

A jagged, broken bat nearly hit one of the Tigers. A line drive hit a pitcher.

But the most frightening of all happened when a foul ball went screaming into the Tigers? dugout and struck outfielder Jacob Robson in the face.

Robson, a non-roster invitee and former Mississippi State baseball player, has been placed in concussion protocol and is expected to miss a week.

?He has a concussion,? Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said after the Tigers tied the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-8, in Grapefruit League opener. ?He took a line drive into our dugout. He got it, right on the cheek. They checked him out, concussion protocol. So he is going to have to miss a few days here. He?s doing OK.?

Tigers left fielder Jacob Robson plays against Southeastern University at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Fla., Friday, Feb. 21, 2020.
Tigers left fielder Jacob Robson plays against Southeastern University at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Fla., Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. (Photo: Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press)

Robson, 25, is from London, Ontario. He grew up a Tigers fan and climbed to Triple-A Toledo last year, where he hit .267 in 112 games.

?When a line drive goes in the dugout, in the middle of a lot of people, it was hot,? Gardenhire said. ?Somebody is getting whacked. All you hope is that it doesn?t get somebody in the face.?

?And I think it got him in here,? Gardenhire continued, pointing at his cheek.

Contact Jeff Seidel: jseidel@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @seideljeff. To read his recent columns, go to freep.com/sports/jeff-seidel/.

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