Pirates player takes brutal pitch off the face, has to be carted off the field

Here's to hoping for a full recovery.

Ryan Vogelsong's day was ended in the bottom of the second inning when he took a bases-loaded pitch off the left cheekbone from Jordan Lyles in a terrifying moment of the Colorado Rockies-Pittsburgh Pirates contest Monday afternoon.

Vogelsong was able to sit up, but he was stretchered off the diamond and taken to a hospital.

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