The Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies had themselves yet another rollercoaster game on Tuesday. Atlanta jumped to a 6-1 lead before the Phillies tied it in the ninth with the Braves ultimately winning in extra innings.
But it was also a night that saw home plate umpire Edwin Moscoso miss some big calls in crucial spots. The rookie umpire showed signs of trouble early in the game, particularly with Braves third baseman Austin Riley at the plate.
Facing Zach Wheeler in the first inning, Riley worked a walk in an eight-pitch at-bat despite the first five pitches being strikes. Out of the eight pitches, seven were either strikes or foul balls. Yet, Moscoso gifted Riley with a walk.
Zack Wheeler "Walk" pic.twitter.com/W55XzdeZQm
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 12, 2023
Even Riley seemed a bit surprised by some of those calls, and Wheeler was visibly frustrated with that strike zone. Again, only one taken pitch missed the zone in the entire at-bat.
In all, it wasn’t a great performance for Moscoso who also missed a would-be strikeout call in the 10th inning before Eddie Rosario’s go-ahead hit.
Umpire: Edwin Moscoso
Final in 10: Braves 7, Phillies 6#ForTheA // #RingTheBell#ATLvsPHI // #PHIvsATLMore stats for this game 👇https://t.co/br23TuuMYT pic.twitter.com/R1Md1jdPAH
— Umpire Scorecards (@UmpScorecards) September 13, 2023
The Riley at-bat, though, had MLB fans stunned.
This was how Twitter reacted
the four pitches called balls in this ab
yeah there are four https://t.co/f7z2EiqHx8 pic.twitter.com/4c5QVA9ZBW— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) September 13, 2023
This is incredible. https://t.co/i14rVvxxLg
— Trip Somers (@one_pitch_man) September 13, 2023
Can we please stop relying on human freaking error??? Robo umps don’t mean you have to get rid of umps. Just like pitchers & catchers, give the ump an earpiece and have an instant correction in seconds. Boom, @mlb, problem solved. https://t.co/fE86SnEbDL
— Anthony (@Anthony57918569) September 13, 2023
Ump had his life savings on the Braves ML https://t.co/jDtwFI5KXm
— MicroM4 (@bohmerhomers) September 13, 2023
This is what pitchers act like happened when they get screwed on one call.
Wow this is bad. https://t.co/dbxzkboLko
— John Creel (@JohnEcreel) September 13, 2023
Found a whole new justification for the apocalypse https://t.co/SzilrGLlOQ
— Sweet Meteor O'Death (@smod4real) September 13, 2023
i saw blue doing the chop earlier https://t.co/AebVG2KJpN
— Aaron (@MyPhilliesHat) September 13, 2023
MLB has got to do something about these umps.. they need to be penalized for inaccuracy https://t.co/hhqsypxZD7
— Arlis Martinez (@ArlisMJ1) September 13, 2023
Three in a row is crazy https://t.co/Y7DA4Umysp
— BowTiedZ | College Athlete (@bowtiedz) September 13, 2023
