>> ouch! oh, lord! >> reporter: a baseball bat breaks and a piece plows into the player. >> the bat shattered and the big barrel part of the bat hit him right in the side. >> reporter: miami dade fire rescue rushed him to sun is the light staim stadium. >> the drive down the line is going to bounce over the fence. that's a double. >> reporter: durl the second inning of the marlins versus cubs game, a fast-flying chunk of wood pierced tyler colvin. >> he was coming in from third on a hit, and the bat just boom right 32 his chest, the pointy end of it, too. he stopped for a few seconds and kept trotting in but he was stunned. >> when we saw colvin go down to his knees when he was crossing home, you knew something was wrong. >> reporter: colvin came off the field and was air-lifted to jackson memorial hospital.