"Home-plate ump hurt at Dodger Stadium; Danley briefly unconscious after hit in mask with fastball": MLB.com provides a report that begins, "Home-plate umpire Kerwin Danley briefly lost consciousness after being hit in the mask in the jaw area with a 96 mph fastball in the fourth inning of the Dodgers-Rockies game on Saturday night, and after a delay was taken from the field on an ambulance." MLB.com has posted online this video of the incident. And you can access umpire Kerwin Danley's official bio at this link.

In other coverage, The Associated Press provides reports headlined "Umpire hit on jaw by pitch, taken off field in ambulance" and "Plate ump Danley injured in Dodgers' 11-3 win over Rockies."

Today's edition of The Los Angeles Times contains articles headlined "Umpire at Dodgers game taken to hospital after getting hit by pitch; He lost consciousness for a few seconds and remained motionless for nearly 10 minutes" and "Dodgers' easy win comes with a scare; They score 10 in first and rout Rockies, 11-3, but umpire Danley is hurt by Penny pitch."

The Los Angeles Daily News reports today that "Dodgers' 10-run first inning lifts them to victory; umpire hurt."

And today's edition of The Denver Post contains articles headlined "Umpire injured by 96 mph pitch" and "Buried by not-so-perfect 10; Kemp's grand slam keys Los Angeles' 10-run first inning off Redman as the Rockies lose for the sixth time in seven games."