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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-08-14

SD @ CLE

Home plate: Shane Livensparger

“ABS had a long evening on this one.”

B+
Umpire Grade
93.5% accurate
0.5
Run Favor
runs, CLE
5
ABS Overturns
of 8 reviewed

What this shows — how Shane Livensparger called the 154 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 144 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: Fernando Tatis Jr. — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).1Challenge 2: Luis Campusano — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Patrick Bailey — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).4Challenge 5: Chase DeLauter — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Luis Campusano — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).6Challenge 7: Luis Campusano — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7Challenge 8: Steven Kwan — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).8
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼7 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Steven Kwan vs Yuki Matsui
  2. 2+0.13▲9 · 1-1 strike called ball
    Gavin Sheets vs Matt Festa
  3. 3+0.13▲5 · 1-0 strike called ball
    Gavin Sheets vs Craig Yoho

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. 1Fernando Tatis Jr. — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  2. 2Luis Campusano — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Patrick Bailey — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  4. 4Patrick Bailey — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  5. 5Chase DeLauter — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Luis Campusano — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  7. 7Luis Campusano — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  8. 8Steven Kwan — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 8 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.

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