There is an inherent danger in sitting close to the action at a Major League baseball game.

On Tuesday night, those dangers were unfortunately realized when a scalded line drive apparently struck a young boy in Atlanta.

The actual incident was not shown, but the reaction of Braves pitcher Julio Teheran tells the story.

[Courtesy: SportSouth]

Teheran was visibly shaken after Gomez's foul ball hit a young fan. You could hear the thud when the ball struck the child. — Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) May 21, 2014

*Update 10:38 p.m. ET*