Baseball fan in critical condition after 21-foot fall from stands at Pirates-Cubs game

A antheral who fell 21 feet from the stands astatine PNC Park successful Pittsburgh to the informing way connected Wednesday nighttime was successful captious condition, officials said.

The incidental occurred successful the bottommost of the seventh inning successful close tract connected what is known arsenic the Clemente Wall, successful grant of Roberto Clemente. The antheral appeared to cheer Pirates prima Andrew McCutchen’s two-run treble erstwhile helium flipped implicit the guardrail and down to the ground. He laic connected his backmost arsenic aesculapian unit rushed implicit to be to him.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

A instrumentality is carted disconnected the tract astatine PNC Park aft falling retired of the stands during the seventh inning of a shot crippled betwixt the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs successful Pittsburgh connected Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

"Tonight, during the seventh inning of the crippled astatine PNC Park, an big antheral fell from the close tract bleachers onto the tract of play," the Pirates said successful a statement.

"Pittsburgh EMS, arsenic good arsenic the Pirates and Cubs grooming teams and different PNC Park unit reacted and responded instantly and administered care. He was transported to Allegheny General Hospital. No further accusation is disposable astatine this time.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family."

Pittsburgh Public Safety aboriginal enactment retired a connection connected X.

"Pittsburgh Police VCU detectives are investigating aft a antheral fell ~20 feet from the bleachers astatine PNC Park onto the tract of play during the @Pirates game," officials said.

"Pittsburgh EMS tract medics treated him connected country until helium could beryllium transported to the infirmary successful captious condition."

Medical teams thin to a instrumentality astatine PNC Park aft falling retired of the stands during the seventh inning of a shot crippled betwixt the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs successful Pittsburgh connected Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

YANKEES MAKE HOME RUN HISTORY WITH 3 CONSECUTIVE BLASTS TO BEGIN GAME VS ORIOLES

Pirates manager Derek Shelton and Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell were among those who alerted umpires of the concern during the play.

"Even though it’s 350 feet distant oregon immoderate it is, I mean the information of however it went down and past laying motionless portion the play is going on, I mean Craig saw it, I saw it. We some got retired there," Shelton said. "I deliberation the umpires saw it due to the fact that of the mode it kicked. It’s highly unfortunate. That’s an understatement."

Cubs players were among those who took a genu arsenic they watched the antheral get placed connected a backboard and onto the aesculapian cart.

"I didn’t spot thing happen, but I saw (Counsell’s) look erstwhile helium came retired connected the field, and I could archer that it was a precise scary moment," Cubs prima Dansby Swanson said. "All we could bash was conscionable commune for a good, beardown betterment for him and his family. I person ne'er been portion of thing similar that earlier and I anticipation I americium ne'er portion of thing similar that again.

"It’s a humble reminder of the gratitude we should each person to play this game. Folks evidently travel retired to enactment us, and they are a large crushed wherefore we are capable to bash what we do. It’s evidently tough. At a clip similar that, you privation (the fans) to cognize you emotion them."

Dansby Swanson, #7, and Michael Busch, #29 of the Chicago Cubs, look connected aft a instrumentality fell from the stands during the seventh inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates astatine PNC Park connected April 30, 2025 successful Pittsburgh. (Joe Sargent/Getty Images)

McCutchen offered a supplication connected X.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

"Truly hatred what happened tonight," helium wrote. "Cant assistance but deliberation astir that guy, his household and friends. I commune contiguous for him. Let america deliberation astir his loved ones and hug our families a small tighter tonight. I anticipation helium pulls thru. May God Bless you all. Good night."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports sum connected X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.