Stealing a ‘Beisbol’ (pronounced bez bowl in Cuba)

One of the oldest tricks in baseball is for the catcher to steal the ball from the hitter when they have two strikes. The catcher lunges forward as the fastball approaches the plate and the momentary forward movement by the catcher is caught by the hitter’s peripheral vision, making the hitter hesitate to swing the bat. The umpire calls a strike and the batter is out. This trick is usually deployed when the batter is sitting deep in the batter’s box and there is tension in the game: late inning, multiple men on base and a hit by the batter will score runs resulting in a win for the batting team. Clearly, the success of the catcher’s trick is predicated on the batter not swinging. If the batter swings, the lunging catcher may be struck on the side of the face/head by the batter. Yogi Berra, the Hall of Fame catcher of the 1950-1960’s Yankees, was notorious for pulling off this trick.

Billy, an enterprising Little League catcher read about this famous subterfuge and implemented it during the final game of the season; the winning team would earn a highly coveted invitation to the Little League World Series. Unfortunately for Billy, the opposing team’s big hitter did not refrain from swinging the bat just at the moment that Billy lunged forward to steal a third strike. The bat met Billy’s scull on the left side of his head. Our catcher then experienced a brief concussion, (moment of loss of consciousness) following his “inopportune introduction to the bat”. (His coach was a creative punster!) Billy shook off the concussion, and even managed to stay in the game, but after the game (his team lost, literally adding insult to injury), he began to experience drowsiness and slid into a coma. He was rushed to the ED where a quick scan revealed he had an epidural hematoma. Which of the following labeled foramina is likely the source of arterial blood responsible for the epidural hematoma?

Damage to which opening led to a left sided epidural hematoma?