Umpire Scorecards rates Walsh as a slightly above average caller of balls and strikes, so maybe this was simply an off-pitch for him. It's one he'll definitely want back when he sees replays.

Hoberg first umpired major league games in 2014 and became a full-time umpire in 2017. He umpired postseason games every year from 2018 to 2022 and was assigned to pool games in the 2023 World ...

But I'm sure the Angels would have liked to have ABS at their disposal on Wednesday. Home plate umpire Erich Bacchus had himself a disastrous eighth inning without it.