Philadelphia Phillies ace Cristopher Sánchez revealed that he received an apology from home-plate umpire Mark Wegner for a missed strike three call during the team’s 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the NLDS.
“He knows he missed it because he told me and he apologized to me,” Sánchez said, via Bob Cooney of NBC Sports Philadelphia (h/t CBS Sports’ Mike Axisa). “But a lot of pressure, important game, important situation, you can’t miss those things. You can’t miss those calls. I get it with the added pressure and all, but the pitch was a strike. So that’s going to stick in the back of his mind, there.”
In the seventh inning with Philadelphia holding a 1-0 lead, Sánchez threw a pitch to Dodgers outfielder Alex Call on a 2-2 count with the bases empty and one out that was called a ball.
Call eventually walked before Los Angeles went on to load the bases, tying the game on a Mookie Betts walk.
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