BOSTON -- Red Sox righty starter Tanner Houck has been diagnosed with a facial fracture, sustained when he was hit by a batted ball by Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka at the start of the fifth inning in Friday night¡¯s game at Fenway Park.

According to a statement released by the Red Sox on Saturday, Houck was evaluated on Friday night at Mass General Hospital and is now resting at home in stable condition. Follow-up appointments next week will determine next steps and a treatment plan.?

After getting stitches at the ballpark, Houck went to the hospital for observation, Red Sox manager Alex Cora revealed after his team¡¯s 15-5 victory over the Yankees.

¡°He was conscious the whole time, so that's good,¡± said Cora.

Houck was able to walk off the mound under his own power and gave a fist pump to the crowd as he neared the dugout. The moment was unsettling to both teams and everyone who witnessed it.

¡°It seemed like he was doing all right, as he's walking off the field,¡± said Higashioka. ¡°So that¡¯s always good to see. But it¡¯s not something you want to see out there. So I'm just glad that he's doing all right.¡±

Higashioka admitted to being a little shaken up.

¡°Yeah, I mean, definitely, a little bit because we all want to compete on the field and you want to knock him out of the game by getting hits, but you don¡¯t want to see him go down with an injury,¡± said Higashioka. ¡°I'm glad that it wasn't as bad as it could have been.¡±

After being hit, Houck immediately went to the ground, and his face became bloodied by the impact.

¡°We reacted right away,¡± said Cora. ¡°He knew where he was right away and he kept saying he was fine. We just have to make sure we slow him down. I saw him while he was getting stitches. I mean, he got lucky. Let's put it that way.¡±

Red Sox designated hitter Justin Turner, who got 16 stitches on March 6 after getting hit by a pitch during Spring Training, could relate to what his teammate was going through.

¡°Yeah, absolutely,¡± said Turner. ¡°It¡¯s scary when anyone gets hit up in the head [area]. Obviously it was bleeding right away. He got his stitches back there and he was in good spirits and we know he¡¯s a tough guy so he¡¯ll bounce back. I didn't get a chance to talk to him in the clubhouse, but a couple of guys did. And he was in pretty good spirits before he went to the hospital to get some scans and check in on him. And hopefully it's a few stitches and hopefully back out there.¡°

Before the injury, Houck pitched well, holding the Yankees to four hits and one run over four innings while walking one and striking out two.

¡°He threw the ball well and he¡¯s been doing that for a while now,¡± said Cora. ¡°Obviously there's going to be outings where he will struggle, but he is a good pitcher. And he kept throwing his best pitches as much as possible, and he kept them off-balanced and he did an outstanding job.¡±

In 13 starts this season, Houck is 3-6 with a 5.05 ERA.