CLEVELAND — Cleveland Guardians designated hitter David Fry sustained a broken nose and facial fractures after he was hit in the face by a pitch from Detroit's Tarik Skubal in the sixth inning of Cleveland's 5-2 win over the Tigers, a victory that deadlocked the AL Central division race.

"He is doing OK, he's in good spirits," manager Stephen Vogt said by phone Wednesday morning. "He's upright, he's alert."

Vogt visited Fry in the hospital.

In an update provided by the team on Tuesday afternoon, doctors confirmed that Fry suffered "multiple, minimalily displaced, left-sided facial and nasal fractures."

Doctors say he is expected to fully recover in six to eight weeks with no surgery required.

Fry squared around to try to bunt a 99 mph fastball from Skubal on Tuesday night and the

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