girl struck

According to a report issued by the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office, an eight-year-old girl was struck in the head by a baseball Saturday while watching a game being played at Mills Field. 

Theresa Giordano was taken by Life Flight emergency helicopter to Shands Hospital in Jacksonville.

The girl's father, Michael Giordano, told police his daughter was standing nea the left field batting cage located near the field in the northeast portion of Mills Filed when she got hit in the back of the head with a baseball.