LAKELAND, Fla. — Toronto Blue Jays reliever T.J. House was taken off the field in an ambulance Friday after being hit on the head by a line drive in the ninth inning of a spring training game against the Detroit Tigers.
House was talking before the ambulance left the field, Toronto manager John Gibbons said.
Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said House's injury was among the scariest things he has witnessed in a baseball game.
"When I went out there, his face was in his glove," Ausmus said. "There was blood on his face, blood in the glove — everything.