Glamorous TV reporter shows off shocking injuries after getting hit by ball during MLB game

A glamorous TV reporter has given an insight into the painful injury which she suffered while covering an MLB game. 

FOX Sports North's Audra Martin is a regular on the sideline for the Minnesota Twins or Minnesota Wild for the TV network. 

However, during a recent visit to a Twins game, she was hit in the abdomen by a wayward ball and later took to Instagram to reveal the damage which it had done. 

Martin shared a side-by-side of her midsection - one from 'one day' after the incident and the other 'five days later' - and showed off the immense bruising and swelling. 

In a caption to the post, she wrote: 'Ever wondered what a line drive foul ball to the gut looks like?? 

'Thankfully I'm kinda squishy in the midsection... That's probably the only time I've ever said that!' 

Martin is an American sports journalist who works as a field reporter and anchor for FOX Sports North, where she covers the Minnesota Wild and the Twins.

She joined the team nearly 10 years ago and has previously come close to suffering an injury - but had, previously, narrowly avoided it. 

In 2017, she reportedly used a notebook to deflect a foul ball heading in her direction. 

Fans quickly swarmed to her comment section to wish her well after suffering the brutal injury. 

'Holy moly! You forgot to duck!!!', one wrote with a string of concerned emojis accompanying it. 

Another said: 'Oh my goodness that looks painful! But you’re tough, girl!!!