Nationals prospect stretchered off field after flipping over fence in attempt to rob home run

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There was a scary moment in the Grapefruit League Saturday when a player had to be carted off the field after he tried to rob a home run.

In Fort Myers, the Boston Red Sox were hosting the Washington Nationals in spring training action, and Daylen Lile was making his first appearance of the spring.

Lile was playing right field for the Nationals when Tyler Miller crushed a fly ball toward the right-center field gap at JetBlue Park at Fenway South in Fort Myers.

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Daylen Lile of the Washington Nationals in the dugout during a spring training game against the Detroit Tigers at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium March 8, 2023, in Lakeland, Fla. (Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Miller's blast cleared the wall, but not without a valiant effort by Lile to record an out. The 21-year-old leaped to try to rob Miller of a solo shot, but he flipped over the wall instead.

Lile looked like Torii Hunter during David Ortiz's famous game-tying grand slam in Game 2 of the 2013 ALCS. The spring training park is a replica of Fenway, and the low outfield wall in right tends to do that to outfielders who try to rob homers.

However, the situation quickly became serious when Red Sox relievers in the bullpen almost immediately called on medical personnel.

Through a crack in the outfield wall that opens up, Lile could be seen rolling around in the bullpen.

The game was delayed several minutes, and Lile was placed on a stretcher with a neck brace on the warning track.

After the game, Nats manager Dave Martinez said Lile was transported to a hospital for a CT scan of his lower back and had