There was a frightening incident Friday during the Oakland Athletics-Boston Red Sox game at Fenway Park, as a broken-bat shard struck a fan in the stands.
According to ESPN.com's Gordon Edes, Athletics third baseman Brett Lawrie's bat broke, sending a piece into the stands. That shard hit a fan who was sitting down the third base line:
A shard from Brett Lawrie's broken bat struck fan sitting in third-base boxes. Bleeding pretty profusely. Other fan offers shirt to medics
— Gordon Edes (@GordonEdes) June 5, 2015
John Tomase of WEEI confirmed the incident and noted medics took the fan, who also had a child with her, out of the stadium on a gurney:
Brett Lawrie's broken bat strikes fan in head on the third base side.