“One of those nights the challenge system was invented for.”
What this shows — how Nic Lentz called the 137 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 125 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 ✓
Gabriel Moreno vs Luis Medina - 2+0.23▼9 · 0-2 strike called ball· challenged ✓
Ryan Waldschmidt vs Hogan Harris - 3+0.19▲7 · 2-0 strike called ball· challenged ✓
Tommy White vs Kevin Ginkel
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
4 pitches went to the robots · 3 overturned (ump overruled) · 1 upheld (ump confirmed). This is the ABS system’s own measurement — Hawk-Eye optical ball-tracking, not our model.
- 1Gabriel Moreno — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
- 2Shea Langeliers — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 3Gabriel Moreno — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
- 4Shea Langeliers — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 4 of 4 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.