“You never want to see anything like that,” Betts said. Red Sox centerfielder Mookie Betts said after the game that he heard the woman screaming and turned away at the gruesome sight of her injury. “You try to keep her in your thoughts,” he said. When you’re behind home plate and you’re along the third base side and first base side, you’ve really got to be heads-up for foul balls, anything coming into the stands, because it’s so close there’s really no time to react. That was just unfortunate right there, no doubt.”Īsked if anything can prevent such injuries, Lawrie said, “The only thing there, you’ve got limited netting here in Boston. “Hopefully everything is OK and she’s doing all right. . .

“Then in between innings is when things kind of got serious and I realized there was a bit of an issue,” Lawrie said. He glanced back briefly toward the stands while running out his hit. Lawrie said after the game that he did not initially realize the severity of the woman’s injuries because he was running to first base when the bat sailed into the stands. A boy sitting near the woman was shaken up, according to the guard. an accident like this tonight, it’s certainly disturbing.”Ī security guard who witnessed the accident said the woman suffered serious injuries to her face. “All you can think about is a family coming to a ballgame to hopefully get three hours of enjoyment and unfortunately with how close our stands are to the field of action.

“Our thoughts and concern and certainly our prayers go out to the woman who was struck with the bat, her, and her family,” Farrell said. Red Sox manager John Farrell said after the game that the incident was “a scary moment.” The team’s principal owner, John Henry, also owns the Globe. Saturday, Beth Israel spokeswoman Jennifer Kritz said the hospital is not providing any information regarding the condition of the woman at this time. There was no word on her condition late Friday night.Īt 7:45 a.m. The woman, who was not identified, was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, said Boston police Officer Rachel McGuire, a department spokeswoman. as the woman sat in the second row at the ballpark, between home plate and the visitors dugout, just beyond the protective screen that shields the plate area, according to police and witnesses. In a video recorded by a fan at the game, and posted on the website Deadspin, the victim’s wails could be heard as EMTs rushed her toward a tunnel underneath Fenway.

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