Giancarlo Stanton's broken bat hits umpire in head, knocks him out of game in bizarre scene

An unfortunate series of events ended with an MLB umpire in a neck brace and on a stretcher in Sunday's New York Yankees-Colorado Rockies game in the Bronx. 

Giancarlo Stanton's bat snapped at the handle when he swung at an Austin Gomber pitch with runners on first and second in the bottom of the fifth inning. 

The broken bat went backward and smacked home plate umpire Nick Mahrley right in the facemask.

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Mahrley immediately went down to one knee...