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NY Post
New York Post
3 Aug 2023


NextImg:Angel Hernandez disgusts Nationals broadcast with ‘horrendous’ calls

Baseball’s most notorious umpire has struck again — and the Nationals broadcast crew was fed up.

In his first game back as a home plate umpire since a back injury sidelined him in April, Angel Hernandez did what he does best — make questionable calls behind the plate, this time during a Nationals-Brewers game on Wednesday afternoon, with a notably egregious one happening early in the contest.

As Nationals starter MacKenzie Gore was pitching to Milwaukee outfielder Tyrone Taylor in the second inning, Hernandez’s poor call on a pitch at the bottom of the zone had an immediate effect on both the game and the tenor of the announcer’s commentary.

After Hernandez called a 94.8-mph fastball at Taylor’s knees a ball, the light-hitting outfielder, who owns just a .478 OPS this season, took the next pitch deep to left field for a home run to put Milwaukee in the lead.

Tyrone Taylor launched a homer after a bad Angel Hernandez call.
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“You cannot miss this bad. That’s a couple balls on the plate and up, and he’s gonna get balled up on that?” MASN analyst Kevin Frandsen said.

“After a pitch the Nats did not get the call on that would have changed the count — Mackenzie Gore’s having a word with Angel Hernandez right now — Taylor homers for his third of the year and Milwaukee’s on top,” play-by-play announcer Bob Carpenter added.

Strike zone plot
Pitch three in the Taylor at-bat may have swung the eventual outcome.
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“[Gore] should [argue]. There’s a bad call. You know what the difference is between 1-2 and 2-1 is? Well, let’s try about 200 points on the batting average and .340 on the slugging percentage, literally, with a horrendous call by Angel Hernandez, yet again,” Frandsen continued.

Angel Hernandez
Angel Hernandez is infamous for his awful calls.
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MacKenzie Gore (1) pitches during the Milwaukee Brewers versus the Washington Nationals on August 2, 2023 at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

MacKenzie Gore pitches during the Milwaukee Brewers versus the Washington Nationals on August 2, 2023, at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
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The Twitter account @UmpScorecards, which grades umpires’ performance by using MLB’s electronic strike zone, confirmed after the game that Hernandez was not calling the low strike — giving his total accuracy a 93 percent grade and his consistency a 96 percent.

Fortunately for the Nationals, Hernandez’s second-inning blunder didn’t ruin the game: Washington came back to win, 3-2, after a wild walk-off error by the Brewers.