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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-05-26

MIN @ CWS

Home plate: Adam Beck

“The corners were friendlier in one direction tonight.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.3% accurate
1.1
Run Favor
runs, CWS
3
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Adam Beck called the 156 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: Munetaka Murakami — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Tristan Gray — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Drew Romo — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: James Outman — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Byron Buxton — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).5Challenge 6: Munetaka Murakami — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Byron Buxton — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.69▲2 · 3-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Tristan Gray vs Sean Burke
  2. 2-0.30▲11 · 3-1 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Byron Buxton vs Tyler Davis
  3. 3-0.28▼6 · 1-2 ball called strike
    Sam Antonacci vs Joe Ryan

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

7 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 4 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Munetaka Murakami — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Tristan Gray — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Drew Romo — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  4. 4James Outman — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Byron Buxton — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  6. 6Munetaka Murakami — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  7. 7Byron Buxton — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 7 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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