Michael Kay isn’t beating around the bush.
The YES Network play-by-play announcer went on Twitter and pointed a finger at home plate umpire Gabe Morales for blowing a call in the ninth inning of the New York Yankees’ 6-5 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.
I think it’s tiring when losses are blamed on umpires calls because there is so much that goes on before and usually after but the strike 3 call on Odor was inexcusable and disgraceful. To make that call on national TV in the bottom of the ninth is ineptitude at its finest.
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Here’s what Kay is talking about, per NJ Advance Media’s Brendan Kuty:
Morales’ full-count, called strike three against (Rougned) Odor was well off the plate and high — an easy ball four. But the pitch was called an inning-ending strike three, stranding runners on first and third with the game tied, 4-4. Gleyber Torres had just tied the game with an RBI double that scored Aaron Judge.
Yankees third base coach Phil Nevin and bench coach Carlos Mendoza were ejected after protesting.
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