Pitch clock hit 0 so Suarez stepped out but the ump didn't call it so he had to step back
What Happened
No one seemed to really understand what actually happened here. Suarez is going to step out and they say he's asking for time.
Why This Matters
The pitch clock hits zero, Suarez steps out asking for time, but the ump just lets it ride anyway. Then he has to scramble back in and barely fouls it off to stay alive. It's peak chaos and confusion about who's supposed to do what when the clock's ticking down.
Nearly 850K people watched this confusion unfold, making it a solid top 400 breakdown of all time.
Key Moments
Who / What Is Involved
Players: Suarez.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentNo one seemed to really understand what
actually happened here. Suarez is going
to step out and they say he's asking for
time. He steps back in and fouls off the
pitch. Otherwise, it would have been
strike three and he would have been out.
That would have stunk. But it wasn't. He
wasn't asking for time. Now the bench is
yelling at the umpire. He says, "Stop.
Stop. I'm telling you to stop." Mickey
Caps is yelling back probably in
Spanish, but if it was English, I would
say it looks like, "Let it go. Let it
go. LET IT GO. LET IT GO."
All right. Come on. Jeez.
Here's what happened. The catcher is
waving to the pitcher. Nola saying,
"Come on, throw the ball. Throw the
ball. Throw the ball." Timer's going
out. Timer goes out. Suarez steps out.
It's like, "Blue, blue." Okay. So, you
got the You got the catcher saying,
"Come on, dude. Throw the ball. Throw
the ball. We're running out of time."
Pitch clock is going. It hits zero.
Suarez saying, "Blue, you seeing that?
Hey, do you get that?" umpire says, "No,
I What are you talking about?" So, he
has to step back in and foul it off.
Now, look at the wide. You're going to
see these two clocks dead center.
They're at 1 second here.
Now
they're at zero. Okay, 1 second, zero.
And that's when it all goes down. And it
should have been a pitch clock
violation. It should have been ball
three. Instead, he had to step back in
the box, fight it off. So, it wasn't
strike three. Takes the next pitch.
Could have been ball four, but you can't
really play that game. And then the next
one is strike three. And he's out. But
it wasn't that he wanted time. It was
that the time ran