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.

Update, 7:49 PM ET: The Nationals placed Howie Kendrick on the 10-day disabled list with a right Achilles injury. In a corresponding move, right-hander Jefry Rodriguez was recalled from Double-A Potomac.

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Nationals left fielder Howie Kendrick was removed from the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader against the Dodgers after injuring his right leg. In the eighth inning, Kendrick tracked a Max Muncy sac fly to the wall, but landed strangely on his right leg and fell to the ground. Unable to put weight on it, he was forced to exit the field on a cart and was sent to undergo an MRI soon afterward, the results of which have yet to be revealed.

While the Nationals have not specified the nature or severity of Kendrick’s injury, Martinez revealed that it’s located in the “lower part” of the outfielder’s leg and appears to be quite severe. He’ll likely be placed on the 10-day disabled list in the next couple of days, though the recovery process could take even longer.

Prior to the incident, Kendrick was off to a hot start this season. Entering Saturday’s doubleheader, he carried a batting line of .302/.331/.477 with 18 extra-base hits and an .808 OPS in 157 plate appearances. He went 1-for-3 on Saturday with a base hit in the seventh inning. Andrew Stevenson subbed in for Kendrick following the injury and has been tabbed to start in left field for the second game of the doubleheader at 8:05 PM ET.