(Reuters) - A female baseball fan was struck in the head by a broken bat during a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics at Boston's Fenway Park on Friday and suffered life-threatening injuries, a Police spokeswoman said.
The woman had been sitting in the second row with her husband and son when the incident occurred at 7:40 p.m., said Officer Rachel McGuire.
"Apparently a broken bat went into the stands," McGuire said. "She was taken to Beth Israel Medical Center with what appear to be life-threatening injuries."
Oakland Athletics third baseman Brett Lawrie had been batting at the time when his bat shattered on a pitch in the second inning and struck the woman, who was sitting down the third baseline.