MILWAUKEE — A woman sitting several rows behind the Milwaukee Brewers’ dugout was injured Monday night when she was hit by a line drive off the bat of Atlanta’s Eury Perez.

The game between the Braves and Brewers was delayed for about nine minutes in the top of the ninth inning as medical personnel attended to the fan.

She was helped to her feet before medics placed the woman on a stretcher and carried her up a flight of stairs to the stadium’s first-level concourse. Her face appeared to be covered with a towel.

After the Braves completed their 5-3 victory, there was no immediate update from the Brewers on the fan’s condition.

“That’s just awful. Our prayers go out to her, for sure,” Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said. “You hate to see it. Hope she’s able to recover and enjoy a game again. It’s scary. Very scary.”

Perez lined a foul ball over Milwaukee’s dugout along the first-base line. Andrelton Simmons, who was on first base, crouched and buried his head in his hands several times during the delay.

“As soon as I saw the ball hit hard that way, I just turned my head around. I knew the possibilities,” said Simmons, slumped in a chair in front of his locker after the game, still in full uniform. “I heard from (first-base coach Terry) Pendleton what happened. He told me it wasn’t good.

“When a ball is hit that hard into a crowded area, chances are somebody is going to get hit,” Simmons said.

One of the issues MLB is studying is whether the protective netting behind home plate should be extended.

“Man, sometimes you wish the net was bigger and covered the people that don’t have a chance to react,” Simmons said. “I wouldn’t sit that close.”

Perez wasn’t immediately available for comment after the game.