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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-10

SEA @ CWS

Home plate: Shane Livensparger

“Off the corner was close enough tonight.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.5% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, CWS
2
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Shane Livensparger called the 134 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 124 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: Cal Raleigh — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Connor Joe — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Rob Refsnyder — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Randy Arozarena — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Drew Romo — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).5
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.39▲9 · 2-2 ball called strike· challenged
    Randy Arozarena vs Seranthony Domínguez
  2. 2-0.20▼4 · 2-1 ball called strike
    Miguel Vargas vs Logan Gilbert
  3. 3+0.13▲1 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Cal Raleigh vs Davis Martin

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 · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Cal Raleigh — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Connor Joe — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Rob Refsnyder — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Randy Arozarena — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Drew Romo — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 1 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.