BASEBALL: Update on Georgia center fielder

It was a scary moment last night when Georgia sophomore Matt Cerione hit the wall after making a catch on a really hard hit by Matt Smith, the best swing Smith had last night.

The wall is padded, but Cerione, a sophomore from Alpharetta, Ga., collided head-on with a beam behind the padding.

He laid motionless on the ground for what seemed like several minutes until he was finally helped to his feet by training staff. You could tell how groggy he was.

Cerione has been diagnosed with a mild concussion. He is with the team at the stadium right now but is not in the starting lineup for the Bulldogs’ elimination game against Alabama which will start not too long from now.

He will be available to play later in the tournament.

A .276 hitter with six home runs, he was 0-for-2 with two strikeouts last night.

– PA