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A baseball fan fell to more than 20 feet from the right field stands in PNC Park in Pittsburgh to the ground on Wednesday night in the seventh inning of a game between the pirates and the Chicago puppies.
The Pirate Star, Andrew McCutchen, hit a two-run double to put the 4-3 team at the bottom of the entrance when the players of their team frantically tried to alert the referees and the security that the fan was on the warning track.
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A fan takes off the field after falling from the stands during the seventh inning of the game between the Chicago puppies and the Pittsburgh pirates in PNC Park on April 30, 2025 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Joe Sargent/Getty images)
The game stopped for about 10 minutes when medical staff arrived. The fan was placed on a board, loaded in a medical cart and took the stadium.
A graphic video published on social networks showed the fan on the railing and falls about 20 feet to the ground. The TV transmission showed McCutchen standing on the second base with his hand on his head and in shock. The puppies players knelt while the fan was being treated.
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A fan is on the warning track in the right garden of PNC Park after falling from the stands during the seventh entry of a baseball game between the Pittsburgh pirates and the Chicago puppies in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
The players knelt when a medical cart left for the fan who was on their backs.
The fan condition was not known immediately.
News Digital contacted pirates to comment.
The team issued a statement in its X account after the game.
“Tonight, during the seventh entry of the game in PNC Park, an adult man fell from the stands of the right field in the field of play,” the pirates said.
“Pittsburgh EMS, as well as pirates and puppies training teams and other PNC Park personnel reacted and responded immediately and administered attention. It was transported to the Allegheny General Hospital. There is no more information available at this time.
Dansby Swanson #7 and Michael Busch #29 of the Chicago puppies look after a fan fell from the stands during the seventh entry against the Pittsburgh pirates in PNC Park on April 30, 2025 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Joe Sargent/Getty images)
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“Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.”
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Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor of News Digital.