Re: Ouch! (The Clement Thread)
ESPN
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Boston pitcher Matt Clement was released from a hospital Wednesday, less than 24 hours after being hit in the side of the head by a line drive that knocked him off his feet.
"The results of a second CT scan taken this morning were also negative, and Matt was released from the hospital this afternoon," Red Sox medical director Dr. Thomas Gill said in a statement released before the club played Tampa Bay in the finale of a three-game series.
Gill said the 30-year-old All-Star would accompany the team back to Boston after the game and be evaluated there by the Red Sox medical staff.
A source told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney that Clement has told his father he intends to make his next start, scheduled for Tuesday.
Clement was carted from the field after Carl Crawford's liner struck him in the right side of the head, just behind the ear, in the third inning Tuesday night. The pitcher never lost consciousness and did not sustain a concussion, manager Terry Francona said.
"That had a chance to be very, very bad. What it ended up being was very, very scary," Francona said Wednesday. "All the tests seem to be coming back all in favor of him being healthy, and that's good news."
Francona visited Clement at the hospital after the Red Sox rallied to beat the Devil Rays 10-9 in 10 innings Tuesday night and said the pitcher was in good spirits and talking on the telephone when he entered the room.
"He laughed a lot. He was Matt. He just had a bump on his head," the manager said, adding that he was amazed Clement wasn't injured more seriously.
"He had a little cut on his ear. I didn't stand over his bed, but I don't think he was really that swollen. It was amazing. ... I was really surprised."
Crawford also was relieved to learn that Clement was OK, and said he planned to try to reach the pitcher.
"You never want to see something like that," Crawford said. "I hope the best for him. Hopefully, he's going to recover well."
...i missed the game cuz i was mesmorized by max(hes one of the quarry dog players that live in my house)...and i still havent seen it online or tv...
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