Vogelsong lands on DL with facial fractures after HBP

The Pittsburgh Pirates placed right-hander Ryan Vogelsong on the 15-day disabled list with facial fractures Tuesday, one day after the 38-year-old was carted off the field and hospitalized after being hit by a pitch from Colorado Rockies starter Jordan Lyles.

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Making just his second start of 2016, Vogelsong didn't make it out of the second inning Monday at PNC Park, where Lyles hit him in the face area with a 92-mph fastball with the bases loaded, plating a terrified Francisco Cervelli who walked home from third to see his pitcher face-down in the dirt.

"I didn't like the sound," Cervelli told MLB.com's Adam Berry. "It just scared me."

After being tended to by medical personnel, Vogelsong was able to get up on one knee and eventually stand on his own before being carted off and taken to Allegheny General Hospital, where he was deemed to be in stable condition by Monday evening. Prior to Tuesday's official diagnosis, head athletic trainer Todd Tomczyk told reporters the injury was to "the eye itself, which includes the orbital (bone)."

"That's tough to see," Lyles said. "Hopefully nothing serious comes out of it and he's able to get back to his teammates shortly."