Tanner Houck will undergo surgery next week "to have a plate inserted into his face" to help heal the fracture below his right eye when he was hit with a line drive off the bat of Kyle Higashioka last Friday night.
The Red Sox did not give any timetable for Houck's return, though manager Alex Cora said Houck definitely will pitch again this season. "It was close enough to the eye, but he's OK. Obviously, it wasn't off the temple. . . . It's the best news we could get."