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The New York Mets escaped with a victory over the Miami Marlins on Thursday because of a controversial non-call by the home plate umpire, Ron Kulpa. Kulpa knows he made a mistake, too. The Mets ...
Phillies face do-or-die Game 4 in New York with the Mets looking to clinch a spot in the NLCS. ... Mets lineup today: NLDS Game 4. Francisco Lindor (S) SS. Mark Vientos (R) 3B.
Brandon Nimmo followed by poking an RBI single the opposite way to put the Mets up 2-1 and then Pete Alonso's sac fly to center field brought Vientos around to score and give New York a 3-1 advantage.
Basketball is regarded by many fans as among the most difficult sports to officiate. [2] Usually basketball officials have only split seconds to determine if an infraction has occurred, due to the speed of play of the game and the officials' proximity to the action. Especially difficult are the "charge/block" call and shooting foul/block attempt.
The Mets loved their chances to win the game with starter Luis Severino, who was 7-2 with a 2.96 ERA at Citi Field this season. Yet, after pitching a 1-2-3 first inning, he struggled with his control.
On October 28, 2011, Layne was the plate umpire for Game 7 of the 2011 World Series, as the St. Louis Cardinals hosted the Texas Rangers. During this contest, baseball's computerized Pitch f/x system indicated Layne missed 17 ball/strike calls, with 14 of these calls benefiting the Cardinals and three benefiting the Rangers. [ 10 ]
A second base umpire at a baseball game. In baseball and softball, there is commonly a head umpire (also known as a plate umpire) who is in charge of calling balls and strikes from behind the plate, who is assisted by one, two, three, or five field umpires who make calls on their specific bases (or with five umpires the bases and the outfield).
Dodgers score on wild pitch: Mets lead 3-1 halfway through two. Walks have been a killer for the Mets in this series and David Peterson put leadoff man Enrique Hernandez on in the top of the second.