For better or worse, it’s not a baseball season without Angel Hernandez.
The controversial umpire had another terrible moment behind the plate, this time during the Texans’ 12-8 win over the rival Astros. I didn’t like it.
The defending World Series champions pounced on the Astros, with Texas building an 8-1 lead in the top of the fourth inning on rookie Wyatt Langford’s grand slam.
But then Hernandez hit.
He clearly called the 2-0 cutter a strike, even though it was outside the zone.
Then Astros pitcher JP France threw almost the same pitch in the same spot twice, electrifying the Rangers’ booth.
“You’ve got to be kidding!” Rangers Barry Sports Southwest play-by-play announcer Dave Raymond. “What on earth is that?!”
“This is just a bad thing,” said analyst Dave Vallée. “Three consecutive pitches came off the plate well.
“It’s so obvious. That was terrible.”
This isn’t the only controversy Hernandez has been involved in over the past week.
He was also at the center of the controversial call to strike Gleyber Torres in Sunday’s Yankees-Blue Jays game, but it had little effect on the outcome, as the Bronx Bombers won 8-3. did not give.
Hernandez also made a blunder on a call with Detroit’s Spencer Torkelson during last week’s Mets-Tigers game, claiming that Hernandez swung the bat feverishly, when it was actually hit in the hand. It seems like it was. .
Hernandez’s call had little impact on the Rangers in Friday night’s win, despite the Astros scoring five runs in the seventh inning and surging late.
The Rangers dropped the struggling Astros to 4 wins and 11 losses, and the Rangers improved to 8 wins and 6 losses on the year.
