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Terrifying A-Rod liner to head KOs Indians’ Huff

Indians center fielder Trevor Crowe feared the worst after seeing pitcher David Huff get blasted in the head by an Alex Rodriguez line drive yesterday.

“That was really scary,” Crowe said. “That’s one of the few times on the baseball field where I’ve ever feared for someone’s life.”

Rodriguez drilled Huff above the left ear with a line drive in the third inning of the Indians’ wild 13-11 win over the Yankees. The game paused for several minutes as the 25-year-old left-hander was taken from the field on a stretcher. He went to New York Presbyterian Hospital, and a CT scan was negative. Huff did not lose consciousness, his memory is intact and he is not showing signs of a concussion.

Huff left the hospital and returned to Yankee Stadium while the game was still going. He did not speak to the media, but he was seen in a hallway of the Indians clubhouse and, from a distance, he seemed to be smiling.

On his Twitter page, Huff posted: “Everything is good. It was a little scary but I’m out of the hospital now and with my family. Thank you for all your concern and support.”

PHOTOS: HUFF HIT IN HEAD BY LINE DRIVE

Crowe saw Huff when after the game.

“He looked fine,” Crowe said. “He said he’s doing good. A little woozy, but he was feeling good. Pretty impressive.”

And it certainly was a relief to Rodriguez. Yankees PR man Jason Zillo said A-Rod was not in the clubhouse after the game because he left to go to the hospital to see Huff. As it turned out, Zillo said, A-Rod called him to ask where the hospital was located, but soon learned that Huff already had been released. Rodriguez asked for Huff’s phone number.

On his Twitter page, Huff thanked the Yankees medical and security staff and singled out Rodriguez. “To A-Rod, contacting me on his way to the hospital, one class act.”

After Huff was hit, he lay face-down on the mound, and trainers came out to examine him. Nick Swisher, who scored on the play, kneeled near home plate, and A-Rod was on one knee on the infield, his head down at one point.

Huff was put on a stretcher and gave a heartwarming thumb’s-up as he was carted off, prompting a roar from the crowd.

“Your heart stops,” Rodriguez said in a statement. “You want so badly to take it back. You’re scared. You think of him. You think of his family. You think of a million other places that the ball could have gone other than where it did. Why there? I mean, we’re playing a game. I know it’s a business too but for all of us playing it should always be a game first. . . . I’m so thankful that he’s going to be OK.”

Indians manager Manny Acta said Huff was able to talk as he was examined on the mound. Indians first baseman Matt LaPorta said he saw Huff later and that Huff had a knot on his head “probably about the size of a golf ball.”

“He doesn’t have any concussive symptoms right now,” Acta said, “but we’ll find out more [today].”

Additional reporting by Brian Costello

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