Red Sox Schedule this weekend: Watch Chicago White Sox vs. Boston free live stream (2025)

After a day off, the Boston Red Sox return home to start a four-game series against the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park in Boston starting on Friday, April 18.

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These teams played a three-game series last week that saw the White Sox take the first two games and the Red Sox claim the finale. Chicago is 4-14 on the season and has lost four straight. Boston is on a two-game winning streak that has the squad at 10-10.

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Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt goes to hospital after foul ball in Mets-Twins game hits him in head

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Veteran umpire Hunter Wendelstedt went to a hospital for further examination on Wednesday after he was struck in the face behind first base by a line drive foul ball in Minnesota.

Crew chief Todd Tichenor, who called home plate during the 4-3 victory by the Twins over the New York Mets, told a pool reporter after the game that Wendelstedt was coherent and speaking but going through a concussion protocol.

“Hopefully it’s just some stitches is what I’m thinking,” Tichenor said.

Major League Baseball said Wendelstedt was undergoing additional tests.

“We are encouraged that he was in good spirits when he was in touch with our medical staff,” MLB said. “We will continue to monitor his status.”

The incident spooked everyone on the field, regardless of which uniform they were wearing.

“It made us all stop and think,” Tichenor said. “That hit him solid in the head. It was scary.”

Wendelstedt instantly hit the ground after he took a direct hit from the line smash off the bat of Mets center fielder Tyrone Taylor in the seventh inning. Both Taylor and Twins right-hander Louis Varland winced immediately after seeing where the ball hit Wendelstedt, who is in his 28th major league season as an umpire.

The 53-year-old Wendelstedt was down for a couple of minutes while being tended to by Twins medical staff and was able to slowly walk off on his own, pressing a towel against the left side of his head. Second base umpire Adam Hamari moved to first on the three-man crew for the remainder of the game.

“It happened so fast,” Twins first baseman Ty France said. “Just praying for a speedy recovery for him because you never want to see something like that happen.”

Twins manager Rocco Baldelli expressed his concern, too.

“I would like to wish him the best and say we’re all thinking about him,” Baldelli said. “I was glad to see him walk off the field under his own power. That was better than the alternative. We hope he’s OK.”

Major League Baseball has required base coaches to wear helmets since 2008, the year after the death of Mike Coolbaugh, who was killed after being struck in the neck by a line drive while coaching first base in a minor league game for a Texas Rangers affiliate.

Tichenor said he didn’t think umpires needed to start wearing helmets.

“This one was just 100 mph off the bat. We’re taught to go opposite the ball. He just went into the ball. It happens. We all do it,” Tichenor said. “It just doesn’t hit him in the head usually.”

The Associated Press contributed to this post