PHILADELPHIA, PA – SEPTEMBER 8: A general view Citizens Bank park during the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies on September 8, 2014 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

Philadelphia Phillies infielder Freddy Galvis went off to the media Sunday, after he accidentally injured a fan with a foul ball on Saturday.

Galvis ranted about the lack of net protection, along with the lack of coverage after a certain amount of time. Well, it doesn’t appear it took too long to happen again, as it happened on Sunday shortly after Galvis went on his rant.

Philly.com reports that a mother of a six-year-old child was struck in the mouth trying to protect her daughter:

Six-year-old Riley Neyer, her mother, and grandfather made the drive Sunday morning from the Jersey Shore to catch a Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park. It was to be just like when Riley’s grandfather, Bob Gillece, would take his daughter, Erin Neyer, to games when she was a child. 

But Sunday ended with a scare when Erin Neyer was struck in the mouth by a foul ball after she pushed Riley out of harm’s way.

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Gillece was sitting in the upper rows of the lower level, waiting to get the attention of his daughter and granddaughter, who had moved back to their seats after a rainstorm passed over the ballpark. He wanted to tell them that he was headed to the concession stands. Gillece then saw a foul ball skid off the top of the rain-soaked visitors dugout near third base and zip into the crowd.

He was not sure if the ball struck his family, but a crowd had formed near where they were sitting. Gillece raced to the bottom of the section. Everything happened so fast, he said.

“I didn’t know what to do. I was worried about Riley. I knew I had to take care of her. She was just staring. Her eyes were as big as silver dollars. My daughter was crying. She was hurt. That was her first instinct, to protect her daughter,” Gillece said.

Matt Breen of Philly.com added that Galvis threw his arms in the air during the game when the ball sailed into the crowd and struck Neyer.

Neyer was taken to the first-aid station inside Citizens Bank Park. She suffered from swollen lips, and cuts and contusions all on the inside of her mouth. She also reportedly went to an important job interview after seeing her dentist on Monday.

The Phillies presented Riley Neyer with two new baseballs from the dugout as a result of the incident. As of now, the Phillies are “considering” extending the net.

[Philly.com]

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