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RECORD: 0 HIT · 0 MISS · 12 OPEN · FIRST CALL RESOLVES AUG 12
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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-27

STL @ PIT

Home plate: Chris Segal

“The zone kept its promises.”

A-
Umpire Grade
94.7% accurate
0.2
Run Favor
runs, PIT
2
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Chris Segal called the 133 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 126 right. Below, only his misses are plotted, alongside every pitch the ABS (Automated Ball-Strike System) reviewed on a challenge.

The zone, as he called it

Challenge 1: Thomas Saggese — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Henry Davis — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Nick Gonzales — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.20▲8 · 2-1 ball called strike
    José Fermín vs Gregory Soto
  2. 2-0.13▲7 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Iván Herrera vs Evan Sisk
  3. 3-0.10▲9 · 0-1 ball called strike
    Pedro Pagés vs Dennis Santana

Run impact from the count run-value table: a missed strike three is worth far more than one on 3-0.

ABS — the Automated Ball-Strike System

3 pitches went to the robots · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Thomas Saggese — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Henry Davis — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Nick Gonzales — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.