{"id":2331,"date":"2025-05-02T09:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T09:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/2331\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T09:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T09:39:12","slug":"fan-at-pirates-game-in-critical-condition-after-falling-21-feet-onto-playing-field-in-scary-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/2331\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan at Pirates game in critical condition after falling 21 feet onto playing field in scary scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fan\u2019s fall onto the field from the right field bleachers at PNC Park during Wednesday\u2019s Pirates-Cubs game resulted in a scary scene.<\/p>\n

After Andrew McCutchen hit a go-ahead double in the bottom of the seventh inning, the fan, sitting in what appeared to be the first row of the right field bleachers, fell from his seat and onto the warning track.<\/p>\n

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Another fan jumped onto the field to help.<\/p>\n

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A fan lies on the warning track in right field of PNC Park after falling out of the stands during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. AP<\/p>\n

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A fan is carted off the field after falling from the stands during the seventh inning of the game. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The fan was attended to for around five minutes by stadium personnel, according to the Associated Press, as players knelt and prayed.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Public Safety posted on X<\/a> hours after the Pirates\u2019 win that the fan was in critical condition.<\/p>\n

The group added that it was investigating what happened at the ballpark.<\/p>\n

The Pirates said they were sending prayers to the man and his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight, during the seventh inning of the game at PNC Park, an adult male fell from the right field bleachers onto the field of play,\u201d the team said. \u201cPittsburgh EMS, as well as the Pirates and Cubs athletic training teams, and other PNC Park personnel reacted and responded immediately and administered care. He was transported to Allegheny General Hospital. No further information is available at this time. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pirates manager Derek Shelton said after the game that he and Cubs skipper Craig Counsell both saw the scary incident unfold.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though it\u2019s 350 feet away or whatever it is, I mean the fact of how it went down and then laying motionless while the play is going on, I mean [Cubs manager] Craig [Counsell] saw it, I saw it. We both got out there,\u201d Shelton told reporters after the game. \u201cI think the umpires saw it because of the way it kicked. It\u2019s extremely unfortunate. That\u2019s an understatement.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Stadium security and Pittsburgh Pirates medical personnel rush to assist a fan who fell from the stands to the field. Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

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Andrew McCutchen of the Pittsburgh Pirates looks on after a fan fell from the stands during the seventh inning. Getty Images<\/p>\n

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Dansby Swanson and Michael Busch of the Chicago Cubs look on after the fan fell from the stands during the seventh inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on April 30, 2025, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The section of outfield wall, known as Clemente Wall, in right field is 21 feet high.<\/p>\n

The game was delayed approximately 10 minutes by the incident.<\/p>\n