GoFundMe reels in donations for hospitalized Pirates fan who fell from stands

A GoFundMe has begun successful efforts to assistance wage for aesculapian expenses for the 20-year-old antheral who fell from the stands of a Pittsburgh Pirates crippled this week.

Kavan Markwood, a erstwhile assemblage shot player, was identified arsenic the antheral who fell much than 20 feet onto the right-field informing track.

Markwood flipped implicit the wall’s railing and fell onto the tract successful a crippled betwixt the Pirates and Chicago Cubs. 

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An opening time assemblage watches a shot crippled betwixt the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees astatine PNC Park successful Pittsburgh, Friday, April 4, 2025.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Play stopped instantly arsenic aesculapian unit sprinted to the outfield to find a shirtless Markwood motionless connected the informing track's ungraded with humor disposable connected his face. Both teams’ trainers joined EMS to get him onto a cart and disconnected the field. 

Pittsburgh Public Safety said aboriginal Wednesday that the instrumentality was successful captious condition.

A pistillate identified arsenic Jennifer Phillips is listed arsenic the organizer of the fundraiser.

"I americium penning this contiguous with a dense bosom but besides with hope," Phillips wrote. "Our nine has made it truthful casual to justice an idiosyncratic oregon a concern with societal media which is ever conscionable an opinion. Please ever retrieve that this idiosyncratic whitethorn beryllium precise peculiar to galore different radical . Can you ideate what their loved ones are going done and felling? [sic] I cognize this young antheral precise good and I cognize that helium is precise beardown but helium is besides battling for his young life. Please beryllium considerate during this tragic time."

Phillips said the donations volition "assist with immoderate aesculapian bills and fiscal hardships that this household is experiencing close now."

Stadium information and Pittsburgh Pirates aesculapian unit carted a instrumentality who fell from the stands to the tract to an ambulance arsenic the Pirates batted against the Chicago Cubs during the seventh inning astatine PNC Park. (Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images)

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Pirates prima Andrew McCutchen deed a two-run treble to enactment the squad up 4-3 successful the bottommost of the inning erstwhile players from his squad frantically tried to alert umpires and information that the instrumentality was connected the informing track. 

The crippled was paused for astir 10 minutes arsenic aesculapian unit arrived. The instrumentality was placed onto a backboard, loaded onto a aesculapian cart and taken retired of the stadium.

A graphic video posted to societal media showed the instrumentality tumbling implicit the railing and dropping astir 20 feet to the ground. The TV broadcast showed McCutchen lasting connected 2nd basal with his manus implicit his caput and successful shock. Cubs players took a genu portion the instrumentality was being attended to.

Markwood played for 2 Division II shot programs, Walsh University and Wheeling University. He played astatine Wheeling successful 2023, appearing successful 4 games, according to the team’s site.

Andrew McCutchen, #22 of the Pittsburgh Pirates, looks connected aft a instrumentality fell from the stands during the seventh inning against the Chicago Cubs astatine PNC Park connected April 30, 2025, successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Joe Sargent/Getty Images)

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"Truly hatred what happened tonight," McCutchen wrote connected societal media. "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."

Fox News' Scott Thompson and Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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