Red Sox Fan Hit by Broken Bat

At the top of the second inning for the Red Sox's game against the Oakland Athletics, a women sitting on the third base line was hit by a piece of a broken bat, and suffered blunt trauma with a open gash, for which she lost an excessive amount of blood. Oakland's Brett Lawrie's metal bat broke on a groundout to second, when the game was halted for emergency assistance for the women. She was rolled off the field on a stretcher. Then she taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center near the Fenway home field of the Boston Red Sox, where authorities released her as Tonya Carpenter. People sitting near her in the stands, including her husband and son, claimed the bat split open her forehead and top of her head. Carpenter had not been paying attention at the time of the incident, another reason was the impact was so critical. Reports given out state Carpenter is in serious condition, but will survive the injuries. Major league baseball expressed their concerns for flying balls and/or bats, and plan on making some implements on their regulation for seasons to come.


Tonya Carpenter taken away on a stretcher.