Major League Baseball umpire CB Bucknor struck out as six of his calls were overturned in just one game in an embarrassing display of officiating on Saturday.
During the Boston Red Sox’s 6-5 loss to the Cincinnati Reds, pro ball’s new Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) found the ump in error on six calls out of eight calls that were challenged, the New York Post reported.
Reds third baseman Eugenio Suarez challenged two in back-to-back strike three calls in the sixth inning as Boston rookie Ryan Watson was pitching for the Sox.
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“It was like ‘Oh man, that’s two in a row,” pitcher Watson said after the game. “But yeah, just tried to take a deep breath and get back in the zone.”
Watson also said he was shocked at how loud the home crowd in Cincinnati got after the calls were overturned. “That’s probably the loudest I’ve heard a stadium
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