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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-07-04

BAL @ CIN

Home plate: Erich Bacchus

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

A
Umpire Grade
96.5% accurate
0.4
Run Favor
runs, CIN
2
ABS Overturns
of 3 reviewed

What this shows — how Erich Bacchus called the 169 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 163 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: Jose Trevino — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Samuel Basallo — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).2Challenge 3: Gunnar Henderson — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).3
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.30▼6 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Spencer Steer vs Brandon Young
  2. 2+0.13▼4 · 1-1 strike called ball· challenged
    Sal Stewart vs Brandon Young
  3. 3+0.09▼1 · 0-0 strike called ball
    Nathaniel Lowe vs Brandon Young

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

3 pitches went to the robots · 2 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Jose Trevino — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  2. 2Samuel Basallo — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  3. 3Gunnar Henderson — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 0 of 3 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.