Brewers pitcher Brent Suter says he is 'good to go' after a collision with the dugout railing Friday night

Even moments after a scary collision with the railing in front of the St. Louis Cardinals dugout caused him to exit Friday night's game at American Family Field, Milwaukee Brewers reliever Brent Suter was his typical joking self. 

"I never went out or anything but it was really quick," Suter said. "I was just on the ground and see (Albert) Pujols say, ‘Stay down, brother, stay down.’ That was the first guy I saw. Second guy I saw was Nolan (Arenado). I was like, ‘Nice swing, nice swing.’" 

Moments before Suter collided with the railing, Arenado had taken Suter deep for a two-run home run in a 10-1 Cardinals victory. The lightheartedness of the exchange was further evidence that Suter felt fine after the collision.

The play occurred as Suter chased down a foul popup in the ninth inning off the bat of Lars Nootbaar. As Suter reached the railing, he was running at full speed and crashed into the protective netting. 

He immediately fell to the ground on his back, but luckily avoided any contact to the head or neck. 

Suter lobbied the Brewers medical staff and manager Craig Counsell to stay in the game and even threw a warm-up pitch, but they opted to pull him for precautionary reasons.

"I had nothing with my head or anything," Suter said. "I felt good, told him I was good to go but with the situation and everything, they took me out. ... I felt great. They were like, 'What do you feel?’ I was like, ‘I feel good.’" 

Suter had to undergo further concussion testing after speaking with reporters following the game but expected to pass without issues.

"I’m very grateful to be OK," he said. "It could have been a lot worse. Just trying to get that out, just trying to get the game over with and probably just went too hard. I really thought that I could make the play."