Staff member with Nationals OK after collapse at CBP before Phillies game

A staff member with the Washington Nationals collapsed on the field before Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, according to NBC Sports Philadelphia’s John Clark.

The staff member – who has not yet been named – collapsed during batting practice early Wednesday evening. He was taken off the field on a stretcher and the rest of the Nationals left the field as well, Clark reports.

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According to Clark, the staffer was throwing batting practice when he collapsed.

The Washington Nationals staffer, who was throwing batting practice and collapsed, is coherent and feeling better according to Washington manager Davey Martinez.

Medical staff from both teams attended to him before they took him off the field on a stretcher, and he went to the… pic.twitter.com/23Xal4EKwP

— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) May 1, 2025

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Washington's manager Davey Martinez said that the staffer is feeling better and is coherent after being tended to.

The game still began as scheduled at 6:45 p.m. ET. Neither team had released a statement on the incident by the time of the game start.