matt clement

[Luv2Play2]

just got drilled by a shot off crawford's bat.. damn its not good.. OUCH !!!!

[Cashmoneyasians]

Clement is out of the game! Need the Sox to keep scoring in case Curt comes in later!!!

[wayne1218]

Nixon went out with an injury too (while swinging at a pitch). Nixon's didn't look good either!

Clement laid motionless for quite awhile. The crowd in Tampa is still very quiet 10 minutes after he is taken off on a stretcher. Not good and i hope he'll be alright.

[moondog22]

damn!

[wayne1218]

P.S.

It was a nasty liner. He didn't get the glove up in time and took it squarely on the head around the right ear. It was NASTY!

[The Lovedoc]

i just saw it also......WOW....not good at all

[Watchtower76]

now a grand slam

[The Lovedoc]

who is this bradford guy???

[wayne1218]

who is this bradford guy???

The Reliever they got from Oakland for Jay Payton.

[TMAC951]

Here is what espn.com is saying...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Boston Red Sox pitcher Matt Clement was hit in the right side of the head by Carl Crawford's line drive Tuesday night and carried from the field on a stretcher.

Clement remained on the ground and barely moved for about five minutes before he was lifted onto a stretcher and immobilized with a neck brace. Replays showed the force of Crawford's liner knocked the All-Star pitcher completely off his feet.

The ball caromed off the back of Clement's head, just behind his right ear, into short left field for an RBI single. Concerned teammates gathered around the fallen pitcher as medical personnel attended to him on the mound. The crowd cheered as he was carried off, but his arms remained strapped across his chest.

Chad Bradford replaced Clement with Boston leading the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 5-1.

Five years ago, Red Sox pitcher Bryce Florie was hit in the right eye by a ball hit by Ryan Thompson of the New York Yankees. The line drive broke several bones in Florie's face and left his vision impaired.

The right-hander tried to come back with Boston the next season but didn't last long and was out of the major leagues by the end of the season. He has not been back since.

[The Lovedoc]

i thought it was bernie williams who hit bryce

[TMAC951]

I did too... Maybe we are both wrong or could be espn wrong.. Nah not espn.. That hasnt ever happend before has it lmao

[soxx9]

NESN said that Clement was conscious and aware of what happened to him on his way to the hospital.

[rented mule]

It was definitely Ryan Thompson. It was a big story in NY for a while.

I don't think Bernie can hit the ball hard enough to hurt anyone.

[garth]

When my oldest son was playing high school ball, one of the pitchers took a shot behind the ear like the one Clement took and almost died. Scary shit. I hope Clement's OK.