Veteran MLB umpire Marvin Hudson left this evening's Giants-Padres game ahead of schedule after a lamentable second.

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Hudson, who was working behind the plate at Oracle Park, slipped and fell as he was moving into position 

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on a mess spring up off the bat of San Francisco's Tommy La Stella in the lower part of the main inning.

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Hudson went to the ground clumsily and was kept an eye on by clinical staff. Fortunately,

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he had the option to leave the field under his own power.

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Notwithstanding, Hudson must be supplanted behind the dish by John Tumpane.

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Hudson, 58, has filled in as a National League umpire beginning around 2004. In that time, he's known as the 2016 and 2020 World Series,

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seven National League Championship Series, a couple of All-Star Games and the World Baseball Classic in 2009 and 2013.

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Ideally Hudson kept away from any genuine injury this evening and will actually want to get back on the field tomorrow.

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