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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-01

CLE @ ATH

Home plate: Shane Livensparger

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B+
Umpire Grade
93.7% accurate
0.6
Run Favor
runs, CLE
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Shane Livensparger called the 191 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 179 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: Jacob Wilson — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Darell Hernaiz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Chase DeLauter — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Nick Kurtz — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Bo Naylor — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.30▼7 · 3-1 ball called strike
    Nick Kurtz vs Hunter Gaddis
  2. 2+0.20▼3 · 2-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Jacob Wilson vs Joey Cantillo
  3. 3-0.20▼4 · 2-1 ball called strike· challenged
    Darell Hernaiz vs Joey Cantillo

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

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

  1. 1Jacob Wilson — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Darell Hernaiz — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Chase DeLauter — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Nick Kurtz — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Bo Naylor — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.