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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-23

CWS @ SF

Home plate: Louie Krupa

“Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.”

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Umpire Grade
97.0% accurate
0.5
Run Favor
runs, SF
4
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Louie Krupa called the 164 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 159 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: Miguel Vargas — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Matt Chapman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Daniel Susac — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Bryce Eldridge — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Sam Antonacci — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Daniel Susac — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.13▲2 · 1-1 ball called strike
    Andrew Benintendi vs Adrian Houser
  2. 2+0.13▼5 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Luis Arraez vs Erick Fedde
  3. 3+0.10▼3 · 0-1 strike called ball
    Bryce Eldridge vs Erick Fedde

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

6 pitches went to the robots · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 2 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Miguel Vargas — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Matt Chapman — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  3. 3Daniel Susac — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Bryce Eldridge — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Sam Antonacci — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Daniel Susac — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 2 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.