Cleveland quarterback Brady Quinn recovers his own fumble as Baltimore linebacker Jarret Johnson, left, and safety Dawan Landry converge on him in the fourth quarter of the Ravens' 16-0 win over the Browns Monday night.

CLEVELAND — The Baltimore Ravens hobbled out of Browns Stadium with an unattractive, but much-needed win.

Cleveland's Josh Cribbs left in an ambulance.

Scoring two touchdowns in a 17-second span in the third quarter, the Ravens shook off a hideous start and defeated the hapless Browns 16-0 Monday night in a game marred by two injury-causing hits that could lead to fines and future bad blood between the AFC North rivals.

On the final play, Cribbs was drilled under the chin by Ravens defensive end Dwan Edwards after lateraling. Cribbs, Cleveland's top playmaker, laid motionless near midfield for several minutes as players from both teams, who had come out to shake hands, knelt in prayer.

Cribbs' facemask was removed and he was strapped to a board and carted from the field. Still wearing his helmet, he was taken to a hospital for further tests. Browns coach Eric Mangini said the measures were precautionary and reported Cribbs had movement and feeling in his arms and legs.

"Hopefully, it's not too serious," Browns rookie wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi said. "He's a tough guy and we're going to make sure he comes back as the same old Josh."

Edwards insisted he wasn't trying to hurt Cribbs and that he wasn't looking for retribution on Cleveland quarterback Brady Quinn, who earlier had delivered a questionable chop block to the right knee of Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs following an interception.

"I was just hustling to the ball," Edwards said. "He had just pitched it and I reacted. It wasn't him that hit Suggs."

Quinn's hit on Suggs in the third quarter had Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis questioning the quarterback's motives. Lewis accused Quinn of a dirty play.

"Heck yeah it was a cheap shot," he snapped. "When you're running down and you're looking at the quarterback going at somebody's knees who doesn't even have the ball. I want to see if he gets the same fine I got or even higher. Now this man (Suggs) is out four or five weeks because of some baloney like that.

"That's an illegal blow. I don't care how you want to look at it."

Suggs sustained a sprained knee on the unexpected hit from Quinn. The Ravens' top pass rusher had a brace on his knee as he limped toward the team bus.

"It's all right," he said.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Suggs would undergo an MRI Wednesday. Baltimore tight end Todd Heap also injured his shoulder in the first half but gutted it out after halftime for the Ravens, who couldn't afford to fall any further behind Pittsburgh and Cincinnati in the division.

Ray Rice scored on a 13-yard run on Baltimore's first possession of the third quarter and safety Dawan Landry returned an interception of Quinn 48 yards for a touchdown on Cleveland's next play as the Ravens overcame a sloppy, scoreless first half.

"I guess it wasn't pretty," said quarterback Joe Flacco, who finished 13 of 18 for 155 yards. "But that's the way some wins are in the NFL."