Boy struck on head by broken bat at Yankees game

Boy struck on head by broken bat at Yankees game
Fans applaud as a medical employee carries an injured youngster from the stands after the boy was hit in the head by a piece the Yankees's Chris Carter's bat that split during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

NEW YORK (AP) A boy was struck on the head by Chris Carter’s broken bat during the New York Yankees’ game against the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night

With Didi Gregorius on second base and no outs in the seventh inning, Carter’s bat shattered on a 3-1 fastball from Matt Strahm. The ball bounced on one hop to second baseman Whit Merrifield, and much of the bat hit the boy, who was sitting about seven rows back on…