{"id":1182926,"date":"2023-03-06T14:11:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T19:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/red-sox-dh-justin-turner-taken-to-hospital-after-hbp-to-face\/1182926\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T14:11:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T19:11:41","slug":"red-sox-dh-justin-turner-taken-to-hospital-after-hbp-to-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/red-sox-dh-justin-turner-taken-to-hospital-after-hbp-to-face\/1182926\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox DH Justin Turner taken to hospital after HBP to face"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/sports\/red-sox-dh-justin-turner-210721508.html\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Boston Red Sox veteran Justin Turner left a spring training game Monday after taking a pitch directly to the face, leaving him on the ground and bleeding from his mouth.<\/p>\n<p>The scary scene came in the bottom of the first inning, with Turner facing Detroit Tigers right-hander Matt Manning. Turner spent a minute on the ground as Red Sox trainers looked at him and eventually left covering his face with a towel.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/das_187\/status\/1632808982078455808\" rel=\"noopener\">see the pitch here<\/a>, but be warned, it&#8217;s a disturbing sight and contains blood.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox released a statement a couple hours later saying Turner had been taken to a local hospital for further evaluation. He is reportedly in stable condition, but receiving treatment for soft tissue injuries and being monitored for a concussion.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An update regarding Justin Turner<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/77PcOdScXc\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/77PcOdScXc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Red Sox (@RedSox) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedSox\/status\/1632838262032039936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener\">March 6, 2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 38-year-old Turner is entering his first season with the Red Sox after <a target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/dodgers-mainstay-justin-turner-reportedly-signing-with-red-sox-031514227.html\" rel=\"noopener\">signing a two-year deal with the team worth $22 million this winter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Turner comes to Boston after nine seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he was a consistent bat and clubhouse leader on a team that made the playoffs every year he was there. He hit. .296\/.375\/.490 during the regular season and left as the team&#8217;s all-time leader in postseason hits and games played.<\/p>\n<p>While he was the everyday third baseman for the majority of his Dodgers career, Turner was signed to be Boston&#8217;s regular designated hitter while providing depth in the corner infield. Now, the team is hoping he&#8217;s ready for Opening Day on March 30.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Justin Turner was the center of a scary scene for the Red Sox on Monday. (AP Photo\/Gerald Herbert)<\/figcaption><div class=\"photo-credit\">ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>From:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/sports\/red-sox-dh-justin-turner-210721508.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Red Sox DH Justin Turner taken to hospital after HBP to face\" rel=\"noopener\">AOL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Red Sox veteran Justin Turner left a spring training game Monday after taking a pitch directly to the face, leaving him on the ground&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1182926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}