Wednesday’s MLB slate came with a scary moment outside of the confines of the diamond.
A fan fell from the stands and into the visiting bullpen at Rate Field in Chicago during the White Sox’s 6-5 win over the Royals.
In the top of the frame with runners on first and second, the game was delayed as workers inside the stadium attended to the fan, who had apparently fallen from the outfield bleachers and into Kansas City’s throwing area.
They were taken out of the bullpen on a stretcher, according to multiple reports.
“Tonight’s game was delayed in the fourth inning to allow White Sox personnel to treat a fan who had fallen in the visiting team’s bullpen,” the White Sox said in a statement. “The fan has been transported to a local hospital for additional treatment.”
It was not clear what kind of condition the fan was in following the incident.
The Kansas City Star reported that none of the Royals relievers were near the spot where the fan landed in the bullpen.
The outlet, in speaking with a Chicago fan, said the fan actually fell into the bullpen during the bottom of the second inning when White Sox outfielder Tristan Peters hit a run-scoring double.
“He jumped up to celebrate on a double and fell over,” White Sox fan Zach Kreigler told the Kansas City Star. “He just got excited and flipped over. I’ve never seen anything like that in my life. I just hope he’s OK.”
The incident comes a little over one year after a Pirates fan fell over 20 feet from the right field stands and onto the playing surface at PNC Park.
It was later revealed that the man, Kavan Markwood, had suffered a broken neck, clavicle, and back, and a punctured lung, in the scary fall that was captured on video and shared on social media.
“I don’t know how I’m alive,” Markwood told “Inside Edition” last year after he walked around PNC Park for the first time since the incident. “I wake up with pain every day. My arm, I can’t feel my two fingers still. [But] I’m doing better than what I was, that’s for sure.”
And, just last week, a fan was pulled off a ledge by other supporters in one of the upper sections at Busch Stadium during a Brewers-Cardinals game in St. Louis.
