Frederick pitcher Matt Taylor hospitalized after hit by liner (Taylor tweets he is OK)

By Steve Melewski

Orioles

April 30, 2015, 5:19pm

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Single-A Frederick Keys pitcher Matt Taylor was taken by ambulance tonight to a hospital in Salem, Va., after he was hit by a line drive in a game against the Salem Red Sox.

"He got hit by a line drive on the side of the head, just above the temple," Orioles director of player development Brian Graham said tonight. "The doctor on site feels he definitely has a concussion, but he was conscious and they took him to the hospital for further review. Now the doctors will do further tests to see what the situation is."

Taylor was taken to LewisGale Medical Center in Salem.

A fifth-round draft pick in 2011 out of Middle Georgia College, Taylor was making his third start of the year for the Keys. He was 0-0 with an ERA of 2.00 coming into this outing.

Salem came to bat against Taylor in the bottom of the third tonight with a 4-1 lead. The leadoff batter doubled and then Jordan Betts hit the liner back to the box that struck the 24-year-old left-hander. Taylor's line tonight was two-innings plus, allowing six hits and five runs with four walks and no strikeouts.

Taylor went 6-2 with a 3.69 ERA over 13 starts for the Keys last year when he missed some time due to a herniated disc in his lower back.

He made the Carolina League All-Star team last season, but was unable to play due to the back injury.

Taylor just tweeted that he is doing OK.