Plate umpire Nick Mahrley exited in the fifth inning of Sunday's game between the New York Yankees and Colorado Rockies when he was hit in the neck by Giancarlo Stanton's shattered bat.

The single loaded the bases, but the bat detritus (the full barrel) struck home plate umpire Nick Mahrley. Stanton, already a hard swinger with an average bat speed of 80.9 MPH (MLB's fastest ...