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Nelson improving, stays 2nd night in hospital

MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers have not yet ruled out Jimmy Nelson making his next scheduled start, despite the right-hander remaining hospitalized Friday for a second straight night after being struck in the head by a line drive in a loss to the Cardinals.

Several club officials characterized the decision to keep Nelson under observation for another night as precautionary. After walking off the field under his own power Thursday, he remained alert while a member of the team's athletic training staff drove him to a local hospital for a battery of tests including a CT scan.