CHC @ PIT
Home plate: Dan Merzel
“One of those nights the numbers won't flatter.”
What this shows — how Dan Merzel called the 176 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 161 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
The calls that moved the game
- 1+0.69▼6 · 3-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
Konnor Griffin vs Jacob Webb - 2+0.30▲1 · 3-1 strike called ball· challenged
Michael Busch vs Bubba Chandler - 3-0.20▲1 · 2-1 ball called strike· challenged ✓
Michael Busch vs Bubba Chandler
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 the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.
- 1Michael Busch — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
- 2Bubba Chandler — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
- 3Oneil Cruz — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
- 4Carson Kelly — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 5Nico Hoerner — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 5 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.