Home plate umpire Chris Guccione left during the third inning of Wednesday night’s game between the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates after taking a Jason Heyward foul tip off his face mask.
Guccione stumbled back a few steps before Pirates’ catcher Francisco Cervelli grabbed and hugged him. A Pittsburgh trainer came out and after a few minutes, Guccione decided to stay in at first.
home plate ump leaving game a few batters after taking this foul tip directly off his helmet pic.twitter.com/ByszyKH3G1
— Aldo Soto (@AldoSoto21) August 2, 2018
However, after Heyward doubled and Javier Baez walked, Guccione exited the game causing a short delay. Ed Hickox replaced Guccione behind the plate.
