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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-02

LAD @ AZ

Home plate: Stu Scheurwater

“A busy night for the machines in the truck.”

C
Umpire Grade
89.9% accurate
0.3
Run Favor
runs, LAD
5
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Stu Scheurwater called the 178 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 160 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: Mookie Betts — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Gabriel Moreno — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Jose Fernandez — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Kyle Hurt — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Nolan Arenado — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Geraldo Perdomo — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Dalton Rushing — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).7Challenge 8: Ryan Waldschmidt — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.28▲4 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Dalton Rushing vs Michael Soroka
  2. 2+0.28▼9 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Pavin Smith vs Tanner Scott
  3. 3-0.23▼9 · 0-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Ryan Waldschmidt vs Tanner Scott

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

8 pitches went to the robots · 5 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.

  1. 1Mookie Betts — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Gabriel Moreno — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Jose Fernandez — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Kyle Hurt — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5Nolan Arenado — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  6. 6Geraldo Perdomo — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Dalton Rushing — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  8. 8Ryan Waldschmidt — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 7 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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