Brett Gardner

New York Yankees' Brett Gardner falls into the stands after catching a foul ball hit by Toronto Blue Jays' Goins during the third inning of a baseball game Thursday, April 14, 2016, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn | The Canadian Press via AP)

TORONTO -- When Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner fell backward over the wall, nobody helped break his fall, and no one offered a hand to help him up.



Those are Blue Jays fans for you, he said.



"No, from the things they usually say to me over there, I wouldn't expect for them to help me out," Gardner said after the Yankees fell to Toronto, 4-2, on Thursday night.



Gardner tumbled back first -- whacking his head on a seat or the ground, he wasn't sure -- while making the catch on Ryan Goins' high fly to left field foul territory for the second out in the third inning.

As he stayed on his back for a moment, the fans that let him fall just watched him on the ground until he struggled to pull himself up and back over the wall.

Brett Gardner takes his time getting up after diving into the stands at Rogers Centre https://t.co/tV0QxybC0O pic.twitter.com/kRsBlCAf2L — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 14, 2016

The fall left Gardner with red welts on the back of his head. He said he felt fine, though.



"I thought I would probably hit somebody when I fell over or back, but I didn't seem to," he said. "I didn't see a replay. I don't feel like I hit any people. I feel like I hit the floor or the seat or something but we're fine."



Manager Joe Girardi also said Gardner told him he felt fine. The 32-year-old stayed in the game and finished 0-for-4.



Gardner is still recovering from a bone bruise on his left wrist that he suffered in last year's Wild Card game while bracing himself against the center field wall to make a leaping catch. A bum right wrist has been blamed for his second-half slide in 2015, which started with an All-Star first half.

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