Gerald Laird gets hit with a foul ball and then with a follow through swing in the same bottom of the 8th plate appearance by Corey Dickerson. Laird, wearing the old style mask, appeared to be hit in the side of the jaw by the bat and had to come out of the game. He was on the ground for a while, but walked off the field under his own power. Once the PA resumed, David Carpenter, pitching for the Braves, hit Dickerson with a pitch and was immediately tossed by the umpire. Walt Weiss came out to complain (or yell at Fredi Gonzalez), and Weiss was tossed. The umps then warned the Rockies bench not to come out onto the field. The situation never got out of hand.

I don’t think the Dickerson swing was intentional.

The Rockies lead the Braves 8-3.