Boston right-hander Tanner Houck suffered a facial fracture just below his right eye Friday night when he was hit by New York Yankees’ Kyle Higashioka.
this red sox Hawke received stitches at Fenway Park and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for evaluation, said Saturday.Hawke rested at home on Saturday in a stable condition with a follow-up visit scheduled for next week to determine further treatment
Hawk fell to his knees after being hit in the fifth, his right cheek covered in blood when the ball bounced to third base for a single. red sox Manager Alex Cora and team trainers came to the mound and escorted Hawke to the dugout.Hawke walks on his own
“He’s been sober the whole time, so that’s good,” Cora said after his team’s 15-5 win over the visiting Yankees.
Eastoka said Saturday before the diagnosis was released that Boston players told him on Friday night that Hawke was “all right.”
“Honestly, at first I wanted him to wear gloves,” Tooka said. “I’m not sure if that evened him out. Once I was able to turn around, it sure looked bad.”
The Yankees catcher said he had never hit an opposing pitcher with a hit before, and he was “definitely a little bit” spooked to get Hawke hurt.
“We all want to compete on the court,” he said. “You want to knock him out with hits and whatever. You don’t want to see him go down with an injury.
“So it’s not something I like to see. … When I run down the line, I want him to at least get something before it hits him. It’s not something you want to see.”
Hawke pitched four more innings, walking with four hits and two strikeouts.Had he held on for 3 more outs, he could have gone with red sox He left with a 13-1 lead.Lefty Joe Jacques takes over the mound and wins
This year, the 26-year-old Hawk is 3-6 with a 5.05 ERA in 13 starts. In Boston’s four major league seasons, he went 12-15 with nine saves and a 3.66 ERA in 66 games (33 starts).
–Field-level media