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Woman still in hospital after being hit by broken bat (Yahoo Sports)

A fan whose head was bloodied by a broken bat that flew into the stands at Fenway Park was in the hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said. The game between the Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox was halted in the middle of the second inning Friday as emergency crews tended to the woman and wheeled her off the field on a stretcher. Oakland’s Brett Lawrie broke his bat on

A-Rod 4 hits, moves up career lists as Yanks hold off Angels (Yahoo Sports)

Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees kept piling up big numbers, putting the game further and further out of reach with every swing. Rodriguez moved past Barry Bonds for second place on the career RBIs list and got four hits Friday night as the Yankees built a huge lead, then scrambled to hold off the Los Angeles Angels 8-7 for their fourth straight victory. ”It got a little too

Boston fan badly hurt by broken bat

A female fan was seriously injured by a piece of a broken baseball bat that flew into the stands during the Boston Red Sox and Oakland A’s game. The woman, who was struck in the face, was rushed from the field on a stretcher and taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, The Boston Globe reported. The incident took place in the second inning when A’s batter Brett Lawrie shattered

Woman seriously injured after being hit by bat

(Reuters) – A female baseball fan was struck in the head by a broken bat during a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics at Boston’s Fenway Park on Friday and suffered life-threatening injuries, a Police spokeswoman said. The woman had been sitting in the second row with her husband and son when the incident occurred at 7:40 p.m., said Officer Rachel McGuire. “Apparently a broken bat

Pettersen, Uribe top crowded leaderboard at Manulife

Norway’s Suzann Pettersen fired a bogey-free seven-under 65 to seize a share of the lead with Mariajo Uribe atop a crowded leaderboard after the second round of the LPGA Tour’s Manulife Classic. Pettersen missed just three fairways and hit every green to sit tied with Uribe, who shot a bogey-free round of 66. “I think if you hit all the fairways, you’re going to give yourself a lot of chances

Curry says no cakewalk to crown with Irving out

NBA Most Valuable Player Steph Curry and Golden State coach Steve Kerr will not allow the Warriors to relax even after NBA Finals foe Cleveland lost star guard Kyrie Irving. The Cavaliers said Friday that versatile playmaker Irving suffered a fractured left kneecap in over-time during Golden State’s 108-100 victory Thursday over Cleveland in the opener of the best-of-seven championship series, dealing superstar LeBron James and his teammates a major

Rookie coaches in Finals were nearly on same side

Golden State’s Steve Kerr and Cleveland’s Dave Blatt, the first rookie coaches to meet in the NBA Finals since the first one in 1947, took paths through the Middle East to reach the sport’s biggest stage. Kerr wanted Blatt on his coaching staff before Blatt was offered the top coaching post in Cleveland, taking it only a few weeks before superstar LeBron James decided to leave Miami and return to

In Bloom: Six Highlights from May 2015 U.S. Car Sales

– It wasn’t just trees, flowers, and other pollinating plants that were in bloom in May. Auto sales blossomed too. They’re on pace to reach 17.7 million U.S. sales this year, and if June goes just as well, it will be the first time the industry maintains this momentum in 11 years. All told, May’s 1.63 million vehicle sales were up 12 percent from April and two percent from a

Spunky and Funky: 2015 Nissan Juke SL AWD Tested

-Quirky. Offbeat. Funky. It seems wherever Nissan’s Juke goes, those three adjectives seem to follow. And we get it: A subcompact crossover, the Juke wears its high wheel arches and an even higher beltline as badges of nonconformist honor, their effect only amplified by the slivers of side glass, ambiguous rear doors, bulbous tailgate, and twisted front and rear lamp lenses that rise, blisterlike, from the body surface. But to