ARLINGTON - The Rangers won a game on Tuesday night in which C.J. Wilson allowed three hits, Andres Blanco got three hits and Joaquin Arias drove home four runs. And, really, none of that mattered. During the fifth inning, a fan fell some 30 feet from the club concourse into the lower seating bowl while trying to catch a foul pop. It drew screams from the crowd of 20,428 fans and gasps from players who saw it. In the end, though, the fan may have escaped critical injury.
The fan fell while apparently trying to catch Nelson Cruz's foul pop. It's not clear if he was leaning over the low railing around the club seats or if he backed into it. But when we he fell, he hit several people below. That may have helped save him.
"The preliminary indications are that it could have been a lot worse," Rangers president Nolan Ryan said after the game. "You are concerned for the fan and for the other people who were hurt during the fall. Our emergency personnel got their very quickly and got him stabilized. I'm very proud of that."
The fan who fell - his name has not yet been released - was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. According to Rangers spokesman John Blake he was able to move all his extremities and was responsive to emergency personnel. He was expected to be kept at least overnight.
The four fans who were injured by his fall were all treated at Rangers Ballpark and did not require hospitalization. One small child received a contusion on his face, Ryan said. He visited with the fans at the treatment area.
The incident happened at about 8:30 p.m. with the Rangers leading 3-1 in the bottom of the fifth. As personnel attended to the fan, umpires stopped play and waved players off the field. The umpires met with Ryan and later with the managers. The game was resumed after a 16-minute delay. Ryan said the discussion was not about suspending or canceling the game.
"We were just going to do everything to make sure that everybody had been attended to," Ryan said. "We were going to wait as long as we needed to take care of it and any other injuries and then we were going to resume the game."
When it did resume, the Rangers set to beating up the Indians. Texas scored five runs in the sixth inning and also scored in both the seventh and eighth. The Rangers scored in four of their final five at-bats.
Blanco, who became the only Ranger other than Michael Young to start at third base this season, had a two-run double in the fourth to give the Rangers their first lead of the night. He had a single in the five-run sixth that helped the rally blossom and he also singled in the three-run sixth.
Arias doubled his RBI total for the year with a bases-loaded double in the sixth and a run-scoring single in the seventh.
And the Rangers also did a little old-fashioned home run-hitting. Josh Hamilton hit his 21st homer of the season to extend his home hitting streak to 26 games. Vladimir Guerrero hit his 21st with two outs in the sixth. Nelson Cruz and David Murphy (a late-game replacement for Hamilton) each hit solo homers in the Rangers' final two at-bats.
A fan fell 30  from the club-concourse level into the lower-level seating area at the  in Texas during the ' home game against the  Tuesday night.  
Exterior of the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
The incident occurred in the bottom of the 5th inning with  at bat for the Rangers.  Cruz hit a foul ball into the crowd. The fan leaned over the railing to grab the ball and fell over the railing and into the crowd 30 feet below. Play was immediately stopped and suspended for 16 minutes.  The man, whose identity has not been released, was conscious and could move all extremities.  He was stabilized and taken to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth.

In a press conference following the game, team president  told reporters that "He's over at the emergency room having tests done.  The preliminary indications are that it could have been a lot worse. We really don't know at this point in time. I think that obviously he'll remain in the hospital for observation. We're hopeful that what injuries he has are minimal."

Four other spectators, including a young boy, were treated for minor injuries at the scene.