CLEVELAND -- Los Angeles Angels pitcher Luke Bard left their game Sunday against the Cleveland Indians after he was hit by a line drive in the fifth inning.
Bard was struck above his right elbow by Carlos Santana's liner. Manager Brad Ausmus and a trainer went to the mound, and Bard departed with a right triceps contusion.
"I think I'm all right,'' Bard said. "It hit that nerve and that feeling kind of shot down my arm. It's kind of swollen, but thank goodness it wasn't a little lower. It would have been right on the bone.''
The ball landed near the shortstop position just in front of the outfield grass. Santana was credited with a single.
Bard was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake before Sunday's game when the Angels made a flurry of roster moves. He recorded the final out of the fourth in relief of Jaime Barria. Santana was the leadoff hitter in the fifth.
The news comes just hours after the Angels announced that pitcher Felix Pena would miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL in his right knee. Pena suffered the injury during Saturday's game against the Indians.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
