Daughter of former MLB pitcher accused of leaving newborn to freeze in woods 

The adopted daughter of MLB Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley, Alexandra Eckersley, is being accused of reckless conduct after her newborn baby was found in New Hampshire woods during freezing weather on Monday, officials reported. 

Police officers responded to a report of a woman who had given birth in a tent in the woods in Manchester at around 1 a.m., police said. Alexandra, 26, allegedly told authorities that she had given birth prematurely and gave them the location of the baby.

“When they got on scene, the mother of the child gave multiple locations of where the baby could be, stated she could not remember where the baby was, and multiple different areas were searched for the child before the mother finally stated the baby was in the tent where the mother was living,” Manchester Fire Chief Ryan Cashin explained.

After hours of searching, police found the baby lying on the floor of a tent near the Piscataqua River without any clothes, struggling to breathe in 18-degree weather, according to the Manchester Fire Department. 

“As soon as the baby was picked up, members of our fire department and American Medical Response got handed the baby and immediately warmed the baby as much as they could in the back of the fire truck and drove to the hospital,” Cashin said.

Alexandra was arrested for endangering the welfare of a child, falsifying physical evidence, second-degree assault, and reckless conduct, according to authorities. 

 She is set to be arraigned Tuesday in Hillsboro Superior Court-North, according to the Manchester Police Department. 

Dennis Eckersley played for the Indians, Red Sox, Cubs, Athletics, and Cardinals from 1975 to 1998. He earned several awards before being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004.