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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex Cobb left the hospital and went home Sunday, one day after he was hit in the right ear by a line drive. The Rays announced during their game against Kansas City that Cobb had been released from Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg. The team said he will be placed on the seven-day concussion list. There was no timetable for when Cobb will rejoin the rotation. Cobb texted teammates Sunday morning, including pitcher Matt Moore, saying he had a headache but would soon be out of the hospital. In a message posted on his Twitter account, Cobb thanked Rays head athletic trainer Ron Porterfield and the doctors at Bayfront, and said that he "Woke up with only a minor headache." Cobb was struck by a liner off the bat of Kansas Citys Eric Hosmer in the fifth inning of Saturdays game but remained conscious the whole time. He was taken off the field on a stretcher. Moore was among a group of around 15 players, which included Hosmer and former Cobb teammates and current Royals James Shields and Elliot Johnson, who went to the hospital after Saturdays game. "I think he was very happy to see how many people wanted to come and see him," Moore said. It was a tough week for Cobb, who left the team after starting Monday nights game against Boston due to the death of his grandmother. He was informed of the death after the game in which the 25-year old gave up a season-high six runs over four innings in a 10-8, 14-inning loss to the Red Sox. This latest incident of a pitcher being hit by a batted ball is sure to spark more discussions about new pitching protection equipment. "Whoever comes up with the solution for this, theyre never going to have to work again in their lives," Rays pitcher David Price said. "Its scary. We know about that. You think about it, and then you dont think about it when youre on the mound. But when you see it happen, and you see line drives and hard groundballs up the middle, it definitely cross your mind." Moore said he would be willing to wear headgear if it was developed. "A cricket helmet, or whatever it was, I would give it my best effort to make sure I pitch with that," Moore said. "If I could prevent something like that by wearing something, without a doubt I would." While pitching for Oakland last Sept. 5, Brandon McCarthy sustained what were described at the time as life-threatening injuries when he was struck in the head by a line drive off the bat of Erick Aybar of the Angels. The pitcher had an epidural hemorrhage, brain contusion and a skull fracture. Emergency surgery was performed that night and he was released from the hospital six days later. McCarthy, now with Arizona, is taking medication and says hes confident hell be fine after he recently collapsed at a restaurant with a seizure related to the head injury he sustained while pitching last September. The Diamondbacks right-hander underwent extensive examinations at the Mayo Clinic after the episode Monday. He was having dinner with his wife at a Phoenix restaurant when he passed out. "You never want to see anybody go through that," Shields said. "You just never know whats going to come out of it. You look at McCarthy, he walked off the field. Next thing you know, theyre doing surgery on him." Blue Jays starter J.A. Happ was also struck by a liner against the Rays last month at Tropicana Field and sustained a skull fracture. Happ was discharged from an area hospital the following day. The left-hander hurt his knee when he fell to the mound and remains on the disabled list. Rays reliever Jamey Wright feels it is imperative that the issue continue to receive serious review. "We dont want somebody getting killed before something is done about it," Wright said. Discount Football Jerseys Throwback . Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1050 at 7pm et. 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MILAN -- Roma was thwarted time and time again by Empoli goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski, who is on loan from the capital club, as it was held 0-0 on Sunday and failed to keep pace with Serie A leader Juventus.Skorupski flew to fingertip Edin Dzekos header out from under the crossbar in the opening minutes and pulled off another spectacular save moments later to keep out Mohamed Salahs strike.The Poland internationals heroics continued throughout the match and when he was finally beaten, late on, Manuel Pasqual was on hand to clear Dzekos header off the line.Skorupski also tipped Stephan El Shaarawys volley over the bar in stoppage time.We created a lot, we dont have much to reproach ourselves for, Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi said. The goalkeeper was phenomenal. In other countries players on loan cant face their parent club. We were talking about it just the other day before the match against Sassuolo, which has a lot of Roma youngsters.If Empoli manages to escape relegation it will owe a great deal to Skorupski and his defense, as Giovanni Martusciellos side has scored just two goals in 11 matches this season -- the fewest in Europes top five leagues.Roma is four points behind Juventus, which beat Napoli 2-1 on Saturday. Empoli moved level with 17th-placed Pescara.---AC MILAN 1, PESCARA 0AC Milan is emerging as a serious challenger for the title and a fourth successive home win saw it leapfrog Napoli into third place, five points behind Juventus.We have to go beyond our limits, Milan coach Vincenzo Montella said. Champions League? Our duty is not to be satisfied with what we have done. We have to think about improving and going beyond our limits.We are having a good season and I know that there is an immense team spirit.Milan again had teenage goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to thank.While fellow youngster Manuel Locatelli stole the headlines in last weekends win over Juventus, Donnarumma pulled off several stunning saves to protect his sides lead.The 17-year-old kept Ledian Memushajs strike from going into the top corner shortly after the hour with a flying one-handed save and was again at full stretch to deny Gianluca Caprari late on.Giacomo Bonaventura scored the only goal of the match, four minutes into the second half, placing a cheeky free kick under the wall as it jumped and into the bottom left corner.ddddddddddddMilan also hit the woodwork in each half, through a MBaye Niang header and a Carlos Bacca close-range strike.---SAMPDORIA 1, INTER MILAN 0Inter Milan coach Frank de Boers position remains perilous as his side fell to a fourth defeat in five league matches.Fabio Quagliarella scored the only goal of an entertaining match on the stroke of halftime, shooting into the bottom right corner after Karol Linetty rolled the ball across the area.Both sides hit the woodwork and had several chances, with Rodrigo Palacio going closest for Inter in the final minute. His effort crashed off the underside of the crossbar and landed just the wrong side of the goalline for the Nerazzurri.Sampdoria moved level with 11th-placed Inter.---CROTONE 2, CHIEVO VERONA 0Bottom club Crotone recorded its first ever Serie A victory although there was an unseemly spat over who was to take the penalty that led to the first goal.Lucas Castro brought down Djamel Mesbah on the stroke of halftime and Marcello Trotta converted, after arguing with Diego Falcinelli over who was to take the spot kick and shoving each other.Falcinelli got on the scoresheet in stoppage time with a powerful strike to seal the result and spark rapturous celebrations in the stadium.Crotone moved onto five points, two from safety.---OTHER MATCHESLazio is just a point behind Milan after a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Sassuolo.The capital side broke the deadlock in controversial circumstances five minutes into the second half. Sassuolo goalkeeper Andrea Consigli palmed away Keita Balde Diaos cross but it ricocheted into the back of the net off Senad Lulic, who was in an offside position.Lazio doubled its lead four minutes later when Stefan Radu flicked on a corner for Ciro Immobile to volley in at the back post.Gregoire Defrel got Sassuolo back in the match two minutes later but it couldnt find the equalizer.Earlier, Atalanta comfortably beat Genoa 3-0 with a first-half double from Jasmin Kurtic and a late goal from Papu Gomez. ' ' '