MILWAUKEE — Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was waiting for the eighth inning to start when he overheard a startling report come over the radio of a nearby security worker.

A man’s fall into the bullpen of the Milwaukee Brewers had both teams concerned during Minnesota’s 6-4 win Tuesday night.

The game was held up at the start of the eighth inning after the man fell. He was carried on a stretcher out of the bullpen in left-center field, and the Brewers said he was conscious and alert.

The man appeared to have a brace around his neck and a bandage wrapped around the top of his head as he was put on a cart on the warning track. He was wheeled off and taken to a hospital.

“I actually was standing in the dugout right in the corner and a guy had his radio on and I heard somebody fell,” Gardenhire said. “But hopefully — I heard the guy’s OK. Probably a little beaten up. Yeah, that’s a scary moment.”

Fans can watch games from a dining area beyond the wall in left-center. The concourse, which is roughly 15 feet above the bullpen, is lined with a metal railing roughly four feet high.

“We were just sitting there when (bullpen catcher Marcus Hanel) yelled ‘Oh gosh’ and all of a sudden you see the net come flying down,” Brewers reliever Brandon Kintzler said. “I think the net caught him and then he just face planted.”

Both teams hoped for the best following a game highlighted Willingham’s three-run homer in the third off Yovani Gallardo (3-4) for a 4-1 lead.

Twins closer Glen Perkins provided some drama after walking the first two batters in the ninth. A run later scored on Ryan Braun’s sacrifice fly to the warning track in right before Carlos Gomez ended the game by striking out, allowing Perkins to salvage his 15th save.

Samuel Deduno (2-3) tossed five bumpy innings but benefited from three double plays, two of which ended innings with runners in scoring position. He allowed two runs on six hits and four walks through five.

“You need those. If you’re going to walk people, you damn sure better get ground balls and get double plays,” Gardenhire said.

One came with the bases loaded in the fourth after Gallardo, a good hitting pitcher, hit into a 6-4-3 double play with the bases loaded.

Another double play on Deduno’s last pitch of the night, getting cleanup hitter Carlos Gomez to hit into a double play on a grounder to third with runners on first and second.

“I didn’t feel really good with my fastball today, but I made a pretty good pitch,” Deduno said.

Brian Dozier hit a two-run homer in the fifth into the Brewers’ bullpen for a 6-2 lead. He finished 3 for 3 with a walk.

Minnesota left Milwaukee with a split of two games before the interleague home-and-home series moves to Target Field for two more contests.

Willingham hit three homers and drove in seven runs during the five-game road trip against the Yankees and Brewers.

The way Willingham has been swinging the bat, it hardly seems as if he ever had a left wrist injury that kept him out of the lineup nearly seven weeks. All four of the outfielder’s home runs have come since he returned from the disabled list May 26.

“Hopefully I can just keep being consistent. That’s the goal,” Willingham said. “I don’t know about pain, just getting it back more than anything. I’ve always liked hitting here.”

Willingham’s latest homer Tuesday came off a first-pitch slider from Gallardo. The Brewers righty labored through his worst outing of the season, giving up six runs and eight hits in five innings.

NOTES: Twins rookie Danny Santana led off for the second time in a week. Gardenhire said he was giving Santana, who was hitting .375, a try atop the order to drum up offense. … The Brewers plan to activate 3B Aramis Ramirez (hamstring) off the disabled list for Wednesday’s game at Minnesota, where he will serve as the designated hitter for his first game back. … Minnesota’s Ricky Nolasco (3-5) faces Milwaukee’s Marco Estrada (5-2) on Wednesday.