mlb umpire CB Buckner, who has been the subject of foul calls early in the 2024 season, once again caused an uproar when a blown call was made to end the game after a three-hour rain delay.
between saturday’s match St. Louis Cardinals And the Chicago White Sox were eliminated after Buckner called strike three on the Cardinals’ Ivan Herrera, who was clearly outside the strike zone.
Despite the Cardinals having the Cardinals on base with no outs, the White Sox escaped with a 6–5 win in 10 innings. After two strikeouts, a rain delay began.
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Ivan Herrera of the Cardinals reacts after umpire CB Buckner calls strike three to end the game against the Chicago White Sox in the tenth inning at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on May 4, 2024. (Joe Puetz/Getty Images)
Three hours later, Herrera was pinch hitting for lefty Nolan Gorman white sox On the mound was their own lefty, Tanner Banks.
With a 1-2 count, Banks bowled a low and outside fastball that was clearly seen off the plate. But Buckner immediately dismissed Herrera, who was crouching in the batter’s box and was surprised to see the umpire also make the call.
When the call was made, Cardinals TV announcers said, “You’ve got to be kidding me.” “After all that, he’ll take a pitch off the plate.”
Willson Contreras of the St. Louis Cardinals talks to umpire CB Buckner during a game against the Cubs at Wrigley Field on May 8, 2023 in Chicago. (Michael Reeves/Getty Images)
Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol discussed the call after the game. He did not mention Buckner by name but did mention his terrible call.
“You wait three hours and you want it to be determined between the pitcher and the hitter. That was not the case,” Marmol said, via the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Buckner’s call was the latest controversy for him in less than a week. He was reprimanded for a strike three call on the Baltimore Orioles’ young star Gunnar Henderson when New York Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes threw an apparently low pitch.
Home plate umpire CB Buckner during the fourth inning between the Washington Nationals and Reds at Great American Ball Park on March 30, 2024 in Cincinnati. (Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images)
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MLB umpires have faced the wrath of players and fans since the beginning of the season. And while it’s a tough job, calls like this from Buckner, especially in critical game situations, are not what teams want to see.
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