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Brewers-Pirates ump leaves game

Published May. 20, 2010 1:00 a.m. ET

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Plate umpire John Hirschbeck left the Brewers-Pirates game Thursday night with concussion-like symptoms after being struck by an errant warmup pitch.

Brewers catcher Gregg Zaun was slow to react to a pitch from Chris Narveson that sailed high, and it struck Hirschbeck in the mask before the Pirates batted in the first inning.

Hirschbeck huddled with Pirates trainers but stayed in the game. After the Pirates scored three times in the first, trainers checked Hirschbeck again between innings and he left the game.

First-base umpire James Hoye took over behind the plate and Laz Diaz and Wally Bell called the bases by themselves.

In the second inning, Zaun left the game with a strained right shoulder, possibly caused when he was struck by a pitch in the first. With Jody Gerut gone from the team to be with his pregnant wife, Zaun's injury left the Brewers with two position players on their bench.

Hirschbeck has been a major-league umpire since 1984 and served nine years as the president of the World Umpires Association.

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