Woman injured by broken bat at Fenway Park upgraded to fair condition

BOSTON -- The condition of the woman hit by a broken bat at Fenway Park has been upgraded to fair.

The family of Tonya Carpenter issued a statement Monday that said: "Tonya is responsive, and her condition has been upgraded from serious to fair."

Carpenter, 44, of Paxton, suffered what police initially said were life-threatening injuries during Friday night's game between the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics. She was struck in the head in the second inning when the bat of Oakland's Brett Lawrie broke and sailed into the seats along the third-base line.

She is being treated at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where her condition was listed as serious Saturday and Sunday.

"All of us with the Boston Red Sox continue to extend our best wishes to Tonya Carpenter, who was injured by a broken bat at Friday night's game," the Red Sox said in a statement released Monday. "The well-being of Tonya and her loved ones are forefront in our minds.

"Major League Baseball will re-examine fan safety at ballparks, and we will fully participate in that process."

Speaking before the amateur draft at MLB Network studios Monday night, commissioner Rob Manfred said the sport must "react strongly" to Friday night's accident in Boston.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.