BOSTON -- Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck received stitches and was checked out at a hospital after he left Friday's matchup with the Yankees when struck on the face with a line drive.
"He was conscious the whole time, so that's good," manager Alex Cora said after Boston's 15-5 win. "He's got a cut, he's in the hospital right now getting further tests. Obviously, we'll know more at the end of the night. But he got lucky."
With Boston leading 10-1 in the fifth inning, New York's Kyle Higashioka led off and fell behind 1-2 in the count, before lining Houck's 92 mph sinker straight up the middle and hitting Houck.