Automated Ball-Strike System sees 60.7% success rate in first games
Terry Francona had every reason not be a fan of the Automated Ball-Strike System, after the Cincinnati Reds' 3-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Thursday. Francona saw a walk by Eugenio Suárez on a full count overturned to a strikeout in the fourth inning while Connor Phillips' ninth-inning strikeout of Boston's Roman Anthony — also on a full count — overturned to a walk. Going into Thursday night's games, teams had a 60.
7% success rate on challenges, going 17 of 28 through the first 10 games of the regular season.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Terry Francona had every reason not be a fan of the Automated Ball-Strike System , after the Cincinnati Reds' 3-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Thursday. However, the longtime manager was taking the long view after game one of 162. Francona saw a walk by Eugenio Suárez on a full count overturned to a strikeout in the fourth inning while Connor Phillips' ninth-inning strikeout of Boston's Roman Anthony — also on a full count — overturned to a walk.
“I think our pitchers are going to have to get used to thinking the inning might be over, and it’s not,” Francona said. “It’s almost like when a guy comes out and you say, ‘Hey, way to go. Can you get one more?
’ So you’re gonna have to stay dialed in. ” Going into Thursday night's games, teams had a 60. 7% success rate on challenges, going 17 of 28 through the first 10 games of the regular season.