Aroldis Chapman hit in face by line drive [VIDEO]: Cincinnati Reds’ pitcher suffers scary fractures after gruesome injury, Kansas City Royals game called-off

Cincinnatti Reds pitcher Aroldis Chapman suffered multiple face fractures after getting hit by a hard line drive against Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez during Wednesday night's game (March 19). The gruesome injury shocked everyone, and the game was ultimately cancelled.

Reports confirm that 26-year-old Chapman was immediately transferred to Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center in Sun City, Arizona after the hit. Test results confirm he suffered fractures above his left eye and nose.

Reds manager Bryan Price released this statement on Chapman's condition following the scary incident:

"Not good. He left the field on a stretcher - took a line-drive just above his left eye is what it looks like - a contusion, a laceration, and certainly needs to be taken to the hospital and checked." He continued, "We'll get our updates from there," Price said. "He never lost consciousness. He was able to communicate, he was able to move his hands, his feet, his legs. I'm not a doctor, so I don't want to go much further than that. It got him pretty flush pretty much just above the left eye, it looked like."

According to Price, the Cuban-born ball player was conscious and talking while being carted away by medical personnel.

That's when Price and Royals manager Ned Yost decided to end the game. The Royals were leading 6-3.

It was the sixth inning with two outs and bases loaded when Perez slammed a 99-mph fastball up the middle, smashing Chapman in the face. Reds and Royals players, trainers, and coaches rushed the field, including Chapman's own father from the stands behind the mound. The crowd remained eerily still and quiet throughout the minutes it took to move Chapman off of the field.

"It was an absolute bullet that Sal hit," Yost later told reporters. "It's just a real sickening feeling for everybody."

Perez added, "It was the most frightening thing I've ever been a part of it. I never got close enough to see it. But the way it was explained to me - as hard as he throws and as hard as that ball was hit off the bat - I hope for the best."

Stay tuned as more details on Chapman's condition develop: