Fan struck by bat has ‘life-threatening’ injuries

Associated Press

BOSTON

A woman bleeding from the head was carried out of the Fenway Park stands after being hit by a broken bat Friday night, and police said her injuries were life threatening.

Boston police spokesman David Estrada said all or part of the bat hit her during the game between the Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox.

The fan was carried out of the ballpark on a stretcher after the top of the second inning. She was hit when Oakland’s Brett Lawrie broke his bat on a groundout to second base for the second out of the inning.

After the third out, the game was delayed while the fan was tended to in the stands between home plate and the third base dugout. She was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

“You try to keep her in your thoughts and, hopefully, everything’s all right and try to get back to the task at hand,” said Lawrie, when asked how he was able to refocus after what happened. “Hopefully everything’s OK and she’s doing all right.”