"Sometimes, a bad call could affect the outcome of an out, an inning, and potentially the entire baseball game. In other cases, a horrendous call could even ultimately affect the entire postseason fortunes for an MLB team. That might have just happened for the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 2 of the ALCS against the Seattle Mariners. With rookie pitcher Trey Yesavage coming off a start for the ages in his MLB Playoff debut against"
"Yesavage threw a perfect slider to catch the outer edge of the plate. That pitch should have rung up Arozarena for the strikeout. Rogers Centre erupted, catcher Alejandro Kirk and Yesavage started to celebrate and even Arozarena began to head back to the Mariners dugout. Everyone knew it was a strike. Everyone, apparently, except for home plate umpire Doug Eddings who said, not-so-fast. Eddings would call it a ball, surprising even Arozarena as he was granted another chance at the plate."
Trey Yesavage began Game 2 of the ALCS with momentum after a standout ALDS performance. With a two-strike count on Randy Arozarena, Yesavage delivered a slider that caught the outer edge of the plate and should have been called a strike. Home plate umpire Doug Eddings ruled the pitch a ball, granting Arozarena another opportunity. The at-bat then shifted: Yesavage hit Arozarena with a pitch to put him on base. The blown call altered the inning's momentum and potentially influenced the game's and series' trajectory for Toronto.
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