By Chris Brown / STL Baseball Today

Updated 9/29 @ 6:25pm CT: Click here for the latest update on Piscotty, who could return during the regular season.

Update 9/29 @ 3:24pm CT: Less than 24 hours after he was carted off the field at PNC Park following a scary collision with Peter Bourjos in the seventh inning of the Cardinals 3-0 win in Pittsburgh, Stephen Piscotty was released from the hospital Tuesday afternoon after spending the night for observation.

“A couple bruises, but overall everything checked out very clean,” manager Mike Matheny told MLB Network Radio Tuesday afternoon. “He had a couple more tests today and things came back as positive as we could hope for, so that was very fortunate,” Matheny said.

Piscotty will rest Tuesday night at the team hotel with some family members who traveled to Pittsburgh.

It’s truely remarkable news that the rookie outfielder has has escaped serious injury after the violent collision in left-center field, in which Peter Bourjos’ knee collided with Piscotty’s head, knocking him to the ground where he lay motionless for several minutes.

Play was delayed for roughly 16 minutes as the medical staff tended to Piscotty, who was temporarily knocked unconscious, before he was placed on a stretcher and driven off the field. As he was being carted off, the 24-year-old waved slightly to the crowd in Pittsburgh, who gave him a round of applause.

The scene was jarring for many of the Cardinals players on the field at the time, including Mark Reynolds, who described the scene “up there with the scariest things I’ve ever witnessed,” and Matt Carpenter, who said he thought Piscotty “was paralyzed.”

Since being promoted to the major on July 21, Piscotty has hit .310/.365/.502 with 7 homers and 39 RBI in 62 games.

More to come.

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Stephen Piscotty “doing well,” Cards hopeful he’ll be released from hospital Tuesday

9/29 @ 1:20pm CT: One day after Stephen Piscotty was carted off the field at PNC Park following a scary collision with Peter Bourjos in left-center field, the positive news continues to come on the rookie, who is now “in good spirits and doing well,” Cardinals players who visited Piscotty in the hospital Tuesday told Jim Hayes of Fox Sports Midwest.

MLB.com’s Jenifer Langosch reports that the team is encouraged by early exams on the 24-year-old, who was momentarily knocked unconscious by Bourjos’ knee after the two outfielders collided while chasing after a Josh Harrison fly ball in the seventh inning on Monday.

GM John Mozeliak, manager Mike Matheny, and many Cardinals players visited Piscotty on Tuesday morning and the team is hopeful that he’ll be released from the hospital later on Tuesday.

Check back here at STLBaseballToday.com and follow @STLBBToday on Twitter for the latest updates on Piscotty’s condition.

See previous updates below for more information.

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All scans come back negative on Stephen Piscotty after scary outfield collision

9/29 @ 7:35am CT: After the Cardinals 3-0 win over the Pirates, the team received the best possible news on outfielder Stephen Piscotty, who exited Monday night’s game in Pittsburgh on a stretcher after colliding with Peter Bourjos in the seventh inning.

At his postgame press conference, manager Mike Matheny told reporters that all scans/tests on Piscotty at a local hospital came back negative, and the 24-year-old rookie outfielder is expected to be alright.

“Looks like he’s going to be pretty sore,” the Cardinals manager said. Piscotty will be held at the hospital overnight for evaluation, although Matheny said it was “as good an initial response as we could get.”

It’s truely remarkable news that Piscotty seems to have avoided serious injury after a violent collision in left-center field in which Peter Bourjos’ knee collided with Piscotty’s head, knocking him to the ground where he lay motionless for several minutes. (Video of the collision can be seen here and below in this story, but a warning that it may be unsettling for some.)

Play was delayed for roughly 16 minutes as the medical staff tended to Piscotty before he was placed on a stretcher and driven off the field. As he was being carted off, the 24-year-old waved slightly to the crowd in Pittsburgh, who gave him a round of applause.

The scene was jarring for many of the Cardinals players on the field at the time, including Matt Carpenter, who squatted near the infield running his hands through his hair and medical personal tending to Piscotty.

“I thought he was paralyzed,” Carpenter told MLB.com’s Jenifer Langosch.

Fortunately, the team’s training staff was able to establish that Piscotty had likely avoided serious injury relatively quickly.

“We found out pretty quick,” Matheny said. “He was out of it at first. Then he had sensory all over, he could move things he needed to move. So that was a relief, but it was without question very scary.”

 

Good news from Mike Matheny on @Cardinals OF Stephen Piscotty: All scans came back negative. #STLCardshttps://t.co/gZQ5e5Ea1r

— FOX Sports Midwest (@FSMidwest) September 29, 2015

(Via Fox Sports Midwest on Twitter)

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Stephen Piscotty carted off field with head injury after scary collision

Original Story — 9/28 @ 8:46pm CT: Cardinals rookie outfielder Stephen Piscotty was carted off the field at PNC Park during Monday night’s game against the Pirates with a head injury after colliding with Peter Bourjos in the bottom of the seventh inning.

The pair of outfielders were chasing a fly ball off the bat of Josh Harrison in left-center field when Bourjos’ left leg seemed to collide with Piscotty’s head. After making the catch, Bourjos quickly waved for Cardinals trainers as Piscotty lay motionless on the grass.

Play was delayed for roughly 16 minutes as the medical staff tended to Piscotty before he was placed on a stretcher and driven off the field. As he was being carted off, the 24-year-old waved slightly to the crowd in Pittsburgh, who gave him a round of applause.

The Cardinals announced an initial diagnoses of a head contusion, though Piscotty was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation.

A video of the collision can be seen here, but a warning that it may be unsettling for some. The Fox Sports Midwest broadcast noted that they had alternate angles of the collision which they decided not to air because of their graphic nature.

Stay with STLBaseballToday.com and @STLBBToday for the latest updates on Piscotty’s condition.