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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-06-21

PIT @ COL

Home plate: Todd Tichenor

“Expanded the plate a touch past its 17 inches.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.3% accurate
0.7
Run Favor
runs, COL
4
ABS Overturns
of 6 reviewed

What this shows — how Todd Tichenor called the 142 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 131 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: Ryan O'Hearn — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Cole Carrigg — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Brett Sullivan — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3Challenge 4: Spencer Horwitz — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: Willi Castro — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Braxton Fulford — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1-0.39▲2 · 2-2 ball called strike
    Nick Gonzales vs Michael Lorenzen
  2. 2-0.19▲5 · 2-0 ball called strike
    Spencer Horwitz vs Michael Lorenzen
  3. 3-0.13▲8 · 1-0 ball called strike
    Tyler Callihan vs John Brebbia

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. 1Ryan O'Hearn — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Cole Carrigg — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  3. 3Brett Sullivan — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  4. 4Spencer Horwitz — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  5. 5Willi Castro — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Braxton Fulford — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: 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.