Chicago Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya reportedly injured a fan when his bat flew into the stands after a strikeout.
The Boston Red Sox hosted the Cubs at Fenway Park in Boston, but in the bottom of the third inning, viewers back home witnessed a horrifying scene.
With two strikes, Cubs catcher Amaya swung and missed Red Sox pitcher Tanner Hawk’s 89 mph splitter. Amaya’s follow-through sent the bat flying into the crowd, narrowly missing the pizzeria.
As Amaya lost her grip and looked into the stands, ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball broadcast zoomed in on what appeared to be an elderly woman injured by a flying object.
It’s unclear exactly which fan was injured in the incident, but cameras captured the scene accurately and an elderly woman appeared to be wincing in pain.
“be careful!”
“The bat is flying into the stands!” announced the ESPN broadcast team of Carl Labecque and John Sciambi.
The incident was reported by Boston Herald reporter Mac Cerullo, who provided live updates. X account.
“That was scary. Miguel Amaya lost his bat while swinging and threw it into the crowd. He almost crushed the pizza vendor, but it looks like the fan is taking care of him,” Cerullo said. .
A Red Sox reporter provided an update about five minutes later, noting that the fan was “carried away” by medical staff.
“The fan was just transported away by Fenway Park medical staff and we hope he’s okay.”
Neither the team nor reporters provided updates on the fans’ health status.
Red Sox went on to beat the Cubs 4-3 On the other hand, Amaya had three strikeouts and no hits.
A similar incident occurred at Fenway Park in 2015, when then-Oakland Athletics third baseman Brett Lowry took a swing and broke his bat in half, leading to an even more serious incident in which the pieces flew into the stands. there was.
A woman who was present was hit in the forehead by a flying piece of wood, sustaining serious injuries with profuse bleeding.
According to the Boston Globe, a fan said at the time: “She appeared to be in shock, didn’t understand what was going on and was holding back help.” sports news. “She was pushing the towel away and was already out of it.”
Boston police spokesman David Estrada also said at the time that the woman was taken to a hospital with “life-threatening” injuries. CNN report.
The woman was identified several days later when she was discharged from the hospital to a rehabilitation facility.it was then revealed The victim was left with a large amount of blood where he had been sitting due to his injuries, and was screaming in pain as medical personnel and fans tried to treat him.
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