Jays' Francisco Liriano taken to hospital after ball ricochets off neck

— -- Blue Jays pitcher? Francisco Liriano left Friday's 5-3 victory over the? Rangers?in the American League Division Series after getting hit in the neck by a line-drive single off the bat of Texas outfielder Carlos Gomez.?

Wearing a neck brace and laying on a stretcher, he was taken to the hospital for an examination after the game.

Whether he suffered a serious injury or not was not clear as the Blue Jays readied for their return to Toronto. A source with the team told ESPN's Marly Rivera that "he was alert and looked like he was doing well."

Liriano walked off the mound under his own power after being hit by Gomez's liner. The ball appeared to ricochet from just below Liriano's head into center field for a run-scoring single in the eighth inning.

The 32-year-old stayed on his feet and walked around the infield briefly before his teammates, a trainer and manager John Gibbons came out to check on him.?Liriano stayed in the dugout briefly where he got a drink of water before going to the trainers room.

"Anytime you get a head injury, you have to get it looked at,'' Gibbons said after the game. "So that's about the extent of it right now.''

"That was scary,'' starter JA Happ said, who in 2013 was hit by a line drive that fractured his skull behind his left ear but did not cause a concussion. It healed on its own.

"I don't know exactly what's going on but I'm thinking about him a lot. He's gone from here now so I'm hoping for the best for the results but yeah, that was scary,'' Happ said.

Roberto Osuna replaced Liriano for the Jays and helped seal the victory for the Blue Jays.?

"That could happen to anyone of us,'' Osuna said. "I feel bad for him but I know he's going to be all right.''

Toronto has a 2-0 series lead over Texas.?

ESPN senior writer Jim Caple, ESPN writer Marly Rivera, and The Associated Press contributed to this report.?