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Brandon McCarthy injury: A's RHP 'doing well' after taking line drive to head

Oakland A's righthander Brandon McCarthy is conscious and "doing well," according to the team, after being struck in the right side of his head by a line drive off the bat of the Los Angeles Angels' Erick Aybar.

https://twitter.com/Athletics/status/243511903803031553

https://twitter.com/Athletics/status/243512110678687744

McCarthy never lost consciousness, and the team said he was taken to the hospital for precautionary reasons. Here's video of the incident:

[mlbvideo id="24520241" width="400" height="224" /]

And hHere's a tweet from McCarthy's wife, Amanda:

https://twitter.com/Mrs_McCarthy32/status/243518521114492928

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