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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-14

KC @ CWS

Home plate: Ben May

“The zone kept its promises.”

A
Umpire Grade
96.6% accurate
0.1
Run Favor
runs, CWS
3
ABS Overturns
of 5 reviewed

What this shows — how Ben May called the 149 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 144 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: Edgar Quero — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Salvador Perez — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Maikel Garcia — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Nick Loftin — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Edgar Quero — 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+0.13▼8 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Luisangel Acuña vs Lucas Erceg
  2. 2+0.10▲7 · 0-1 strike called ball· challenged ✓
    Maikel Garcia vs Tyler Davis
  3. 3+0.09▲1 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Nick Loftin vs Anthony Kay

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. 1Edgar Quero — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Salvador Perez — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Maikel Garcia — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4Nick Loftin — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Edgar Quero — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.

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.