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The game, which took place at Minute Maid Park in Houston, came to an abrupt halt during the fourth inning as the child was rushed to medical attention.
Fans were also left visibly upset as the little girl’s father was seen running out of the stands with the distraught toddler in his arms.
The Cubs did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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“He rips a line drive down the third-base line and it comes in and it looks like hits someone hard,” David LeVasseur, a fan who was at the game,toldtheHouston Chronicle.
“It bounces, comes down and hits the guy to my left off ricochet and the next thing you know it’s at my feet. I pick it up and all we heard was screaming,” LeVasseur said.
“All we heard was screaming,” LeVasseur continued. “We just saw this dad pick up a child and run up the stairs. He took off running.”
According toThe Chronicle, the baseball had “no traces of blood” on it and there was none near the seat.
“According to our sources, the young child was awake, responsive and taken to a local hospital for precautionary reasons. The child is expected to be okay. Thank goodness,” the radio stationtweeted.
The game eventually resumed and the Cubswon2 to 1.
source: people.com
