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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-08

SEA @ BAL

Home plate: Gabe Morales

“Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.”

A
Umpire Grade
96.4% accurate
1.0
Run Favor
runs, SEA
4
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Gabe Morales called the 165 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: Colton Cowser — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Jhonny Pereda — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Jhonny Pereda — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Leody Taveras — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Samuel Basallo — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Jhonny Pereda — 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. 1-0.69▼7 · 3-2 ball called strike· challenged ✓
    Pete Alonso vs Matt Brash
  2. 2-0.21▼8 · 3-0 ball called strike
    Jackson Holliday vs Eduard Bazardo
  3. 3+0.20▲5 · 2-1 strike called ball
    Julio Rodríguez vs Anthony Nunez

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. 1Colton Cowser — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Jhonny Pereda — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Jhonny Pereda — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Leody Taveras — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  5. 5Samuel Basallo — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Jhonny Pereda — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 6 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.