Giants first base coach Roberto Kelly hit in head during Saturday BP, taken to hospital

Information is still trickling in on this. Here’s CSNBayArea.com’s Andrew Baggarly:

A uniformed Giant is down on the ground during BP, apparently injured. Half the team gathering around.

— Andrew Baggarly (@CSNBaggs) October 13, 2012

First base coach Roberto Kelly walking very slowly off field, braced by two trainers.

A line drive hit Kelly in the head. Several Giants making sign of cross as trainers attended to him.

— Andrew Baggarly (@CSNBaggs) October 13, 2012

Giants now continuing BP and only sound is thwack of bat. Total silence otherwise here. — Andrew Baggarly (@CSNBaggs) October 13, 2012

Amy Gutierrez, in-game reporter for CSN Bay Area, has a little more:

Posey was hitting in cage when ball hit #sfgiants 1B coach Roberto Kelly. Posey just left to check on him.

— Amy Gutierrez (@AmyGGiants) October 13, 2012

Per #sfgiants Kelly is on his way to hospital. Likely concussion & will receive standard CT scan. He is alert and doing ok considering.

— Amy Gutierrez (@AmyGGiants) October 13, 2012

We’ll update the situation throughout the evening as more news becomes available. The Giants will kick off their best-of-seven NLCS against the Cardinals on Sunday night at San Francisco’s AT&T Park.

The Red Sox and Mariners left nothing on the table Friday night, going head-to-head in a series opener that eventually ended 14-10 in the Sox’ favor. Led by Steven Wright and Wade LeBlanc — neither of whom made it past the fifth inning — the teams combined for 34 hits and four home runs, including two moonshots from Seattle’s Nelson Cruz and a five-run rally that gave Boston the edge in the seventh.

In the sixth inning, however, the Red Sox were still scrambling to make up a four-run deficit. Left fielder J.D. Martinez cut it in half with one swing, pouncing on an 89.5-mph fastball from Seattle right-hander Nick Vincent and posting it to dead center field for a two-run shot.

J.D. lookin' like J.D. pic.twitter.com/BrXmh4fBKL

— Red Sox (@RedSox) June 23, 2018

The 427-foot blast was Martinez’s 23rd of the season, tying Mike Trout for the most home runs in the league this year. While he still has a ways to go before eclipsing the career-best 45-HR mark he set in 2017, he’s off to a strong start this season: Entering Friday’s game, the 30-year-old slugger was batting .315/.386/.623 with a 1.009 OPS and AL-leading 55 RBI in 308 PA. He finished Friday’s game 4-for-5 with five RBI, just one triple shy of hitting for the cycle.

Heading into the All-Star Break, both Martinez and Trout still have some competition for the home run title. Jose Ramirez is sitting at 22 homers, while Nelson Cruz and Khris Davis are tied at 20 apiece.