Alabama baseball's Mac Guscette leaves LSU game, hospitalized after on-field collapse
In the seventh inning of Alabama baseball's game at LSU on Sunday, Crimson Tide catcher Mac Guscette left the game after collapsing on the field.
A wild pitch bounced under Guscette's catcher's mask and into his neck, and the junior collapsed after trying to stand up. After trainers attended to him, Guscette tried to walk off the field, but was ultimately carried off and into the training room behind the Tigers' dugout by the trainers.
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According to Tigers coach Jay Johnson, Guscette was conscious as he was carried off the field and was taken to the hospital. Alabama coach Brad Bohannon also gave an update after the game.
"He's alert and doing well," Bohannon said Sunday. "They'll run some tests and make sure he's OK. With the information that I have, we think that Mac is going to be OK."
A transfer from Florida, Guscette started 28 games so far this season for the Crimson Tide, hitting .289 with six home runs in his first season in Tuscaloosa. Freshman Jaxson West replaced Guscette behind the plate.
No. 1-ranked LSU (35-8, 15-5 SEC) swept all three games in the series, winning 8-6 on Friday, 12-8 on Saturday and 13-11 Sunday. The Crimson Tide (30-15, 9-12) had won four games in a row prior to the series.
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