BALTIMORE -- The Pirates placed Francisco Cervelli on the seven-day concussion disabled list on Wednesday after he took a foul tip off his face mask in Tuesday's game against the Orioles. Pittsburgh selected catcher Jacob Stallings from Triple-A Indianapolis as the corresponding move.
Cervelli was hit in the jaw area of his face mask on a hard foul tip off the bat of Caleb Joseph. On contact, the backstop fell back into home-plate umpire Mike Estabrook's arms. After failing initial concussion testing, Cervelli exited the game and was replaced by Elias Diaz.