Red Sox Pitcher Suffers Facial Fracture After Being Hit by Line Drive

Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck left Friday night's game against the Yankees after being struck in the face by a line drive off the bat of Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka.
Houck suffered a facial fracture and received stitches at a local hospital but remained conscious throughout the incident.
Houck was able to walk off the field under his own power but will require further evaluation and testing to determine next steps in his treatment.
Higashioka expressed concern for Houck's well-being after the incident and said he felt shaken up to have inadvertently caused the injury.
The loss of Houck, even temporarily, is another blow to a Red Sox rotation that has already dealt with injuries this season.