CLEVELAND — Indians star Francisco Lindor is the latest player to call for Major League Baseball to extend protective netting at ballparks after he hit a foul ball that struck a young fan.
Lindor‘s foul ball in the sixth inning of Sunday’s 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals hit a 3-year-old boy whom Lindor says was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
It was the latest instance this season around the majors of a fan being injured by a foul, a situation that has raised calls for big league teams to extend the protective netting at their ballparks.
The White Sox are set to become the first team in the majors with netting hat goes from foul pole to foul pole Monday.