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Man's 15-foot fall into bullpen delays Twins-Brewers game

MILWAUKEE — Trying to rally past the Minnesota Twins became of little concern to the Milwaukee Brewers after a fan fell into their bullpen Tuesday night.

The man was motionless for some nervous moments, and reliever Brandon Kintzler thought the fan had died.

Medical personnel rushed to the scene and the man regained consciousness before being carted off on a stretcher, delaying the start of the eighth inning of the Brewers’ 6-4 loss to Minnesota.

“He didn’t move for a few minutes. I thought he was dead,” Kintzler said. The fan fell before he started warming up to enter the game, and Kintzler had to take his practice tosses with paramedics and security still in the bullpen.

“They’re basically giving this guy CPR and doing all this stuff. You’re trying to warm up is not the best thing to do at the time,” Kintzler said.

Eventually, the man began moving his fingers, Kintzler said. Medical personnel brought him through the bullpen door in left-center and loaded him on to the cart. He appeared to have a brace around his neck, and a white bandage wrapped around his forehead.

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