Claims extracted
30
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
3%
1 of 30 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
7
Sports
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
New York Mets first baseman Jared Young was carted off the field in the sixth inning of Thursday night’s 3-0 loss to Philadelphia after he was knocked out when struck on the head by a knee of pitcher Nolan McLean as the two converged on Justin Crawford’s slow grounder.
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two → cart → grounder
Mets manager Andy Green said a CT scan at a hospital was negative.
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scan → say → hospital
Young had concussion symptoms and full use of his extremities, according to Green.
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Young → have → Green
“It was a terrifying moment on a baseball field,” Green said.
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Green → say → field
With the Phillies ahead 1-0, McLean broke to first on contact and Young initially moved back toward the bag.
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Young → break → bag
McLean briefly paused, at which point Young reached for the ball with his right hand as he tried to keep a foot on the base.
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he → pause → base
McLean resumed running then collided with Young’s head, tripping over the first baseman as Crawford crossed the bag.
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Crawford → resume → bag
Young fell face first to the ground and was motionless.
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Young → fall → ground
“It was scary to sit there and just know that he wasn’t with us in that moment,” Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor said.
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Lindor → sit → moment
Green and an athletic trainer immediately ran out from the dugout, and a cart was summoned.
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cart → run → dugout
McLean put his hands on his knees and bent down as all the Mets on the field gathered near Young.
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Mets → put → Young
Catcher Francisco Alvarez appeared to be praying and members of both teams looked on from the dugouts.
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members → appear → dugouts
Philadelphia’s Alec Bohm took a knee next to third base.
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Bohm → take → base
You couldn’t tell what happened,” said Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly, a former big league first baseman.
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Mattingly → tell → ?
“I heard it was bad.
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it → hear → ?
Hopefully the kid’s all right.”
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kid → ’ → ?
When Young came to, Green said the first baseman asked: “What happened?”
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What → come → ?
Young was immobilized on the cart and flashed a thumbs up before the cart disappeared behind the left-center field fence.
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cart → immobilize → fence
“He’s had a CT scan.
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He → have → scan
Results have come back negative,” Green said.
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Green → come → ?
“So in that sense it’s very positive.
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it → ’ → sense
Still experiencing real concussion symptoms right now but has full use of his extremities and feels at this point in time like we’ve avoided the scariest outcomes.”
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we → experience → outcomes
Young, a 31-year-old in his first full big league season, has established himself as a regular first baseman by hitting .266 with nine homers and 39 RBIs in 103 games.
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Young → establish → games
He missed six weeks with a left knee injury.
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He → miss → injury
“He’s somebody we all respect and appreciate and have love for,” Lindor said.
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Lindor → ’ → love
McLean was shaken by the collision.
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McLean → shake → collision
He remained in the game and threw a called third strike past Garrett Stubbs, ending the inning.
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He → remain → inning
He was removed by Green for reliever Tobias Myers at the start of the seventh.
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He → remove → seventh
“Probably should have made a better decision not even letting him get the next hitter but he was still strong enough to do it and got back out there and did it,” Green said.
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Green → make → it
“I think the humanity hit him pretty hard right there.”
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humanity → think → him
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