Plate umpire Jeff Nelson leaves ALCS Game 3 with concussion

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NEW YORK - Plate umpire Jeff Nelson left Game 3 of the AL Championship Series with a concussion after taking a pair of foul tips off the mask, causing a 16-minute delay at Yankee Stadium.

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NEW YORK – Plate umpire Jeff Nelson left Game 3 of the AL Championship Series with a concussion after taking a pair of foul tips off the mask, causing a 16-minute delay at Yankee Stadium.

Nelson was struck by a foul off the bat of Houston’s Yuli Gurriel in the third inning on Tuesday and Martín Maldonado in the fourth.

“That’s two good ones,” Nelson, who wore a television microphone, told Yankees head athletic trainer Steve Donohue, who came on the field. Nelson added he would get water during the inning break.

Second base umpire Kerwin Danley (44) motions for a change of the home plate umpire as home plate umpire Jeff Nelson leaves the game after the fourth inning of Game 3 of baseball's American League Championship Series between the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in New York. Nelson was hit with a foul tip earlier in the game. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Second base umpire Kerwin Danley (44) motions for a change of the home plate umpire as home plate umpire Jeff Nelson leaves the game after the fourth inning of Game 3 of baseball's American League Championship Series between the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, in New York. Nelson was hit with a foul tip earlier in the game. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Houston led 2-0 when the game was delayed after the fourth inning while Kerwin Danley, who was at second base, went back to the umpires’ locker room and changed into gear to work the plate.

Mark Carlson switched from third to second and Marvin Hudson from left field to third.

Yankees pitcher Luis Severino was given additional time to warm up again, and the game proceeded with a five-man crew and no left-field umpire.

Six-man crews are the norm in the post-season, with a pair of outfield umpires added to the usual four.

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