NEW YORK -- Cleveland Indians pitcher David Huff was taken off the field on a stretcher and driven by ambulance to the hospital after being hit in the head with a line drive off the bat of Alex Rodriguez in the third inning of Saturday's game at Yankee Stadium.

Huff took the impact above his left ear. He suffered no memory loss or loss of consciousness. A CT scan performed on Huff at the hospital came back negative but the pitcher was kept several hours for observation.

Rodriguez's drive hit Huff above the left ear and he lay face down and motionless on the pitcher's mound as the ball caromed into right field. Nick Swisher, who had been on first base, came around to score the Yankees' second run of the game.

Huff was immediately attended to by the team trainer and paramedics as his teammates and several Yankees watched anxiously.