Video: Woman Hit by Foul Ball then Catches Two

It was the eighth inning of last Wednesday's Tampa Bay Rays-Toronto Blue Jays game when Amelia Almoscatella had her glove ready along the first base line.

But, when a foul ball flew her way, she took it on the chin.

Embarrassed, but determined, Amelia settled in, and unbelievably, a second foul ball was hit toward her. This time, she caught it. And then, she caught a third foul in the same inning!

Fans and players applauded her glove work.

Almoscatella, a lifelong baseball fan, appeared on "The Early Show" with her three hard-won souvenirs - and a red, bruised spot on her chin.

Almoscatella said she was ready for the first ball, but it took a "bad hop," when the ball bounced up at her.

The ball bounced back onto the field, but Almoscatella got the coveted ball back from George Hendrick, the Rays' first-base coach.

Almoscatella said, "He (came) over and said, 'Next time you need to catch it with the glove, not your face!" '

Following the incident, she said she was asked if she was OK by security and a paramedic.

She explained, "They thought, actually, I'd probably lost some teeth. But I was fine. Nothing bleeding. So I told them, I said, 'Look, I'll talk to you, I'll give you any report you want, I'm OK, but I got to watch for the next ball." '

And, it turned out, theone after that!

To hear more from Almoscatella on her lucky catches at the game and to see a special surprise she received from the Rays, click on the video below: