Bregman got hit by a pitch on a 1-1 count. Umps call it a foul ball. Astros challenge and lose the appeal, which was dumb. Bregman strikes out looking on a 3-2 pitch, says something to home plate ump.
Turns out Espada got run instead of Alex.
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Bregman was HBP, incorrectly ruled foul ball on field. Review upheld it even though it was a BLATANT HBP. Bregman K, ump tosses someone, Breggy points like “me?” but it was Espada.
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Opens up to swing but checks, back elbow got grazed.
Ball clearly under the bat, grazes the elbow.
Astros get replay appeal saying it hit him, NY apparently says well we can’t see clear evidence so call stands, foul ball.
Meanwhile the ball was a few inches under his bat.
Garbage.
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The angle from cf clearly showed that the ball came nowhere near the bat. The idea that those cocksuckers in NY can look at that film and decide that it’s a foul ball is inconceivable. It is not possible to make a worse call. There is zero chance they actually thought it hit the bat.
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Very thin skinned HPU on the toss too.
Espada just said something from the dugout.
Nobody got shown up.
Really could have exercised some judgment but didn’t.
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I assume it was a legalistic reason having to do with what you can review (hbp) and what you can’t (foul tips).
I’m upgrading this mess to hot garbage.
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Everyone on the field knew the ball hit something. If it didn’t hit the bat, and it didn’t, then it hit the batter.
HBP are definitely reviewable. Foul tips (was the ball caught by the catcher?) are not but are irrelevant anyway as a foul tip is the same as a swing and miss. If they reviewed and upheld the call, they had to have ruled that there was no evidence the pitch hit Bregman.
It was further confusing because someone pointed to 1BU for an appeal on the check and he signaled safe.
Ruling on the field by hpu was foul ball.
Another missed call by the umpires. This one they overturn, though.
So whether or not the ball hit him is reviewable. A check swing is not.
Easy out if Altuve hadn’t been positioned in left field.
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France continues to be a one-man Astros wrecking crew.
Right.
It was just a jumbled mess.
Bregman took off his armor and went to first while the review was underway.
The Astros need to sign Ty France this offseason, simply so he stops killing them as an opponent.
So if the 1B ump ruled a swing, it doesn’t matter if it hit him between the eyes, it’s a strike and not reviewable. If the 1B ump says no swing, it IS reviewable.
Well…back to back 2-out singles, followed by a walk loads the bases for the Reds.
And Brown buckles down…strands the bases loaded.
End of four…no score.
Nice play by the middle infield.
Altuve fielded that in shallow center.
I’m glad Peña wasn’t hurt on that play. Altuve’s throw forced him to jump over Fraley before Fraley slid into him.
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