Scary scenes as fans injured by flying baseball bat
Two fans have been injured by a rogue bat in the ninth inning of the San Diego Padres' 3-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies at Petco Park on Friday.
The bat slipped out of Padres catcher Hector Sanchez's hands and flew into the stands along the third-base line, hitting one of the fans, a woman, in the forehead.
Play was stopped for more than 10 minutes as they received medical attention.
Fan injured by bat at Petco at first aid. EMT from Colo who was sitting nearby jumped in to treat injury to forehead. pic.twitter.com/9KQVUCUYIm
— Kirk D Kenney (@sdutkirKDKenney) May 4, 2017
The woman had her head wrapped in a bandage and was placed in a wheelchair, where she was escorted away from the stadium, according to NBC San Diego.
Female fan wheeled out w bandage on head. Was walking and alert. @padres story & video 5pm @nbcsandiego
— Todd Strain (@TODDSTRAINNBCSD) May 4, 2017
As a crew was cleaning up the area where the woman was struck, police arrested an unruly male fan who refused to move, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.
Another fan at Petco was arrested, ejected after refusing to move so bio cleanup could be done after fan hit by bat. pic.twitter.com/umuLNQ0RpY
— Kirk D Kenney (@sdutkirKDKenney) May 4, 2017
After the game, the Padres released a statement that said both fans had been taken to a local hospital and that "their injuries do not appear to be serious."
Statement from the Padres: pic.twitter.com/36i7A8P7eh
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) May 5, 2017
The Padres also addressed that the would re-evaluate the backdrop netting so accidents like this wouldn't occur again.
