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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Happ expected to be released from hospital

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Toronto Blue Jays\' J.A. Happ is attended to by medical personnel as he is taken off the field on a stretcher after being hit in the head by a line drive by Tampa Bay Rays\' Desmond Jennings during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)

TAMPA, Fla. – Toronto Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ is expected to be released from hospital later today after being hit in the head with a batted ball Tuesday night.

The left-hander was hit squarely on the left side of his head by Desmond Jennings’ second-inning liner during Toronto’s 6-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

He was immobilized on a backboard, lifted onto a stretcher and wheeled off the field.

He was taken to Bayfront Medical Center, where the Blue Jays say he was “responsive and doing well.”

The team says he has a head contusion and a laceration to his left ear.

The Jays say they expect he will be discharged later in the day after further testing.

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