Umpire sets great pick to protect fellow umpire, a breakdown
What Happened
Alex Reyes, the right-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, takes the mound in a tight one-run game against the Milwaukee Brewers. Reyes, who is tied for the second-most saves in Major League Baseball, looks to secure another important victory for the Cardinals. Willy Adames steps up to the plate for the Brewers, the game hanging in the balance. Reyes delivers a strong fastball, but Adames fouls it off. The count is now 0-2. Reyes tries to go back to the high fastball, but this one misses the mark, evening the count at 2-2. The next pitch is way high, bringing the count full at 3-2. Umpire Angel Hernandez calls the pitch as a strike, much to the dismay of Adames and Brewers manager Craig Counsell. Adames vehemently disagrees, arguing that the pitch was clearly outside the strike zone. Counsell rushes out of the dugout to confront Hernandez, and the two engage in a heated discussion. Hernandez then ejects both Adames and Counsell, leaving the Brewers without their starting shortstop and manager. As the situation escalates, another umpire, who has been standing nearby, steps in to separate Hernandez and Counsell. This umpire sets a perfect pick, shielding Hernandez and allowing Counsell to vent his frustration without further escalation. The umpire's quick thinking and positioning defuse the tense situation, allowing the game to continue. On the very next pitch, Adames' replacement, Jace Peterson, hits a game-tying solo home run, sparking a wild celebration from the Brewers dugout. The score is now tied 3-3, and the game heads to extra innings. The Brewers eventually win the game, thanks in large part to the umpire's actions in protecting his colleague and the subsequent game-tying homer. The incident highlights the importance of professionalism and quick thinking among umpires, as well as the intensity and drama that can unfold in a close, late-inning baseball game between two division rivals. The Brewers' resilience and the umpire's quick-thinking play a crucial role in the outcome of this thrilling contest.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentalex reyes is on the mound for the
cardinals the pride of elizabeth new
jersey and he's tied for second most
saves in mlb if he locks this one down
he'll cement himself alone in second
place nerveis is up brewers are down one
run that's a nice fastball top of the
zone 01 he's going to try to go back to
it a little lower it's put into play
no it's foul
it's foul it's just strike two nothing
but a long strike the o2 pitch
way high changing the eye line way high
again now we're two and two it's all
evened up and that's outside oh that's
strike three revises pissed he's like
that's outside dude that's off that's
way off that's way off you know i'm says
say it again say it it's a way off again
and then that's the pitch it was way off
i mean there's no real debating that
that's just way off
in a close game
late 2-2 to 3-2 council comes out and
he's like it's way off okay you're gone
you're gone now council comes in and
he's like come on man he's like that's
ridiculous how can you call that he goes
what he goes huh
guys gonna say you know it was off it
was way off he said yeah it was off okay
you're gone too now council's gonna just
talk to him chew his ear up in the amps
just going to take it just going to let
him talk doesn't respond to anything and
council's just saying it's off the plate
i don't know you can't really do
anything at this point you got ejected
your player got ejected it's a one run
oh oh ump switch
the great um switch of 2021 watch this
it goes to follow the ump and it's just
a great pick play oh hello you're
dealing with me now trying to follow
this up okay talking to you talking to
you
council says to this sump says is that's
ridiculous man he says you're pissed off
i understand
you're pissed off i understand just
counsel session real quick for council
how about that and he just at this point
he's like man he's like the whole bench
could see that it's a ball it's
ridiculous
and then the next pitch of the very game
home run game tying home run so maybe
the umpire did everyone a favor just
lighting a spark tie game the brewers go
on to win this game in extras let's go
round in the bases let's go
brewers are pumped up willie adamus he's
all fired up he's mad i think he's like
that happy kind of mad fired up spitting
angry i mean look at these two emotions
here one's happy one's mad both
witnessing feeling the same thing