CLEVELAND -- For a frightening moment, the AL Central race hardly mattered.
Guardians designated hitter David Fry was expected to hospitalized overnight after he was hit in the face by a pitch from Detroit's Tarik Skubal in the sixth inning of Cleveland's 5-2 win over the Tigers on Tuesday night, a victory that deadlocked the division.
Fry squared around to try to bunt a 99 mph fastball from Skubal, and the pitch struck him in the nose and mouth area. As Fry collapsed in the batter's box and immediately grabbed his bloodied face, a visibly shaken Skubal threw off his glove and cap as Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt and trainers rushed onto the field.