Red Wings to Welcome Back Daniel Brito September 15
August 31, 2022 - International League (IL)
Rochester Red Wings News Release
ROCHESTER, NY - The Rochester Red Wings will welcome back Daniel Brito to Frontier Field for the first time since the 23-year old was rushed into emergency surgery upon suffering a brain hemorrhage on July 31, 2021 in the bottom of the first inning of a Red Wings vs. Lehigh Valley game at Frontier Field.
The Venezuelan suffered a ruptured arteriovenous malformation which is the abnormal tangle of blood vessel connecting arteries and veins, disrupting normal blood flow and oxygen circulation.
Brito was taken off the field by ambulance and rushed to the University of Rochester's Strong Memorial Hospital where doctors, led by Dr. Thomas Mattingly, performed multiple life-saving surgeries. The IronPigs' third baseman would go on to spend 59 days in the Intensive Care Unit at Strong Memorial Hospital.
Since then, Brito has resumed baseball activities, including weightlifting, hitting, and fielding. He does so as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies organization after they extended his contact while he was in a medically induced coma.
Brito, now rehabbing in Columbus, Ohio, will reconnect with the doctors who performed his life-saving brain surgery for the Red Wings' September 15, 6:05 matchup against his Lehigh Valley IronPigs team at Frontier Field.
Daniel Brito, alongside the University of Rochester Medical Center team, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch pre-game.
Daniel Brito and Dr. Mattingly will be joined by Dr. Webster Pilcher, Chairman of URMC's Department of Neurosurgery. The trio will be available to media immediately following the first pitch, at the Red Wings Hall of Fame.
Ed Diaz, the Red Wings' associate Baseball Chapel Chaplain, will provide translation during media availability. Diaz provided similar services throughout Brito's stay at URMC.
Upon completion of media interviews, Brito will sign autographs near the Red Wings Hall of Fame.
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