Ketel Marte just keeps finding himself in the news, and this time, it has nothing to do with his controversial no-show or his return from a stint on the injured list.
During practice before Tuesday’s game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Philadelphia Phillies at Chase Field in Phoenix, Ariz., Marte accidentally struck a member of the Diamondbacks’ grounds crew with a home run ball, via Steve Gilbert of MLB.com.
The accident happened while the grounds crew member was working in the bullpen, as Marte hit a home run at 113 mph.
A video shared by Nick King of 3TV CBS 5 showed Marte sprinting toward the scene to check on the person hit by the home run.
The good news is that the grounds crew member did not seem to suffer anything serious and was attended to by the Diamondbacks training staff.
As for the Diamondbacks, they are still struggling on the field. Their offense was nowhere to be found once again in a 7-1 loss to Philadelphia. Marte went 1-for-3, while the Diamondbacks were 6-for-32 as a whole.
Through the first two games of the Phillies series, Arizona has been outscored 9-2. The team has also scored only four runs in its last three outings, all of which were losses.
