In an unexpected turn during Wednesday night’s baseball game at Camden Yards, a fan sporting Cubs apparel found herself on the field during the bottom of the ninth inning, leading to police intervention and her eventual removal.
As Pete Alonso, a former slugger for the Mets and currently playing first base for the Orioles, prepared his at-bat with two outs, game action was halted. Home plate umpire Adrian Johnson needed to interrupt proceedings after spotting the fan wandering near the left field warning track.
The broadcast did not clarify how she managed to gain access to the field. Initially, she appeared as bewildered as the spectators, but soon she began playfully dancing and raising her arms in the air.
The act did not sit well with the fans at Camden Yards, who started to boo her.
Video shot by the Baltimore Sun and a photo from the Associated Press showed the fan being walked off the field by a member of the ballpark’s security team, with his arm around her shoulders, before she was handed off to a uniformed police officer who escorted her off the field behind home plate.
She received further boos and jeers as she walked toward the exit behind home plate.
“Everybody’s gonna leave the ballpark tonight, and you’d rather not leave it in handcuffs, but that will be the case for one fan at least,” Orioles play-by-play announcer Kevin Brown said during the incident.
The game was only briefly delayed, and after play resumed, Alonso hit a roller along the first base line that was caught by Cubs first baseman Michael Busch for the final out of the game in a 9-7 Chicago victory.