Life in Jeopardy as Broken Bat Hits Boston Fan
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BOSTON — A woman was taken to the hospital after a broken bat hit her in the
head Friday night at Fenway Park, and the police said she had sustained
injuries that threatened her life.
The fan was carried out of the ballpark on a stretcher after the top of the
second inning during a game between the Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red
Sox. 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.
Though dozens of baseball fans are struck by foul balls each season, there
has been only one fatality, according to baseball researchers — a
14-year-old boy killed by a line-drive foul off the bat of Manny Mota at
Dodger Stadium in 1970.