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3 fans injured by wayward bat at Giants game

Published Jul. 6, 2011 3:40 a.m. ET

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Three fans have been injured by a flying baseball bat during a game between the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants, including one woman who was sent to the hospital with a head injury.

All three were sitting above the Padres' dugout along first base Tuesday night when Giants slugger Pablo Sandoval took a swing and lost control of his bat in the first inning, sending it sailing into the stands. The bat bounced off the dugout roof and struck all three.

A Giants spokesman said the woman was taken to a hospital as a precaution. She was holding her head with a towel as she was escorted out in a wheelchair.

One man was hit around the eyebrow and a second in the shin. Both received treatment at the stadium.

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