Umpire Angel Hernandez was at it again on Tuesday night.
Hernandez, who has a reputation for being terrible at his job, received criticism for his poor handling of the strike zone during the Milwaukee Brewers-Arizona Diamondbacks game.
Hernandez blew two calls during an at-bat by Jake Lamb to lead off the top of the ninth with Milwaukee up 1-0. The missed calls led to a walk for Lamb and were met with anger from reliever Corey Knebel. In fact, Brewers manager Craig Counsell had to come out to prevent Knebel from getting tossed and wound up getting ejected himself.
Angel Hernandez….not good. pic.twitter.com/BFgM9plRMt
— Justus Cleveland (@JustusCleveland) May 23, 2018
The pitch tracking shows just how badly Hernandez missed his calls.
That was about as bad a call as you can make on balls and strikes. Dbacks will take it. They've got the leadoff man aboard in the ninth. pic.twitter.com/BxvJ2AVzIm
— Nick Piecoro (@nickpiecoro) May 23, 2018
Here's the at-bat that got Corey Knebel hot. Pitch No. 7 was called Ball 4 by Angel Hernandez. pic.twitter.com/dHqDgPKxVa
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) May 23, 2018
Hernandez also demonstrated a tight zone for an at-bat by Jarrod Dyson that resulted in a walk. Five of the six pitches were in the strike zone, yet a walk was issued.
Speedy Jarrod Dyson worked a leadoff walk in the eighth. Here are the calls from plate ump Angel Hernandez. pic.twitter.com/MiAx07zggG
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) May 23, 2018
The tiny zone led to plenty of criticism from fans and observers.
angel Hernandez is making a spectacle of things in Milwaukee. strike zone is about as big as an orange,
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) May 23, 2018
Trying to find Angel Hernandez’s strike zone pic.twitter.com/ddqhKuXoEf
— Gabe Stoltz (@Stoltzy3) May 23, 2018
Angel Hernandez strikes again. How is he still a Major League umpire?? The worst umpire of all time. Seriously. Seriously.
— Doug Russell (@DougRussell) May 23, 2018
"That's strike 4 … Angel Hernandez literally issues a walk to Dyson"
Rock is all in.
— JR Radcliffe (@JRRadcliffe) May 23, 2018
Unfortunately we can add this incident to the long list of embarrassing calls by Hernandez.
