Entire Netting at Citizens Bank Park Collapses During Nationals-Phillies (VIDEO)

June 6, 2021, 8:21pm EST (Updated: January 11, 2023, 7:43pm)By Darrelle Lincoln

PHILADELPHIA, PA – JUNE 06: Manager Joe Girardi #25 of the Philadelphia Phillies looks on after the protective netting from home plate to first base collapsed during the eighth inning of a game against the Washington Nationals at Citizens Bank Park on June 6, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)

This is something you don’t see everyday, because…..we have never seen it happen before.

Sunday’s series finale between the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies got really wierd and scary during the eighth inning at Citizens Bank Park when the protective net behind home plate suddenly collapsed.

Trea Turner was at the plate with the Nationals trailing 12-6 when it happened.

Well, we’ve seen it all today. The protective netting behind home plate and along the base lines collapsed and the Phillies-Nationals game is in a delay. pic.twitter.com/U1jQBTkXnY
— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) June 6, 2021

A line of guys holding up this net as if they are playing tug-of-war. How can you not be romantic about baseball? pic.twitter.com/z6h99bAFpZ
— Jesse Dougherty (@dougherty_jesse) June 6, 2021