Umpire's Miscount Leads to Red Sox Loss

On April 1st, in Tuesday nights Houston Astros 9-2 win over the Boston Red Sox, plate

umpire Mark Wagner, owned up to a big miscount on Cam, Smith in the 5th inning.

What should have been Strike 3 on the 3rd pitch, turned into a 1-2 count, leading to a

9-pitch walk for Smith instead of a noun.

Veteran Ump Wagner, in his 29th big league season as Crew Chief, said nobody on the field

called it outright then.

That Sox pitcher Brian Bello, in his season debut, figured it was 1-1 after his 2nd pitch

and stayed focused, but that ad-bad ended his.

Night, he gave up 6 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks over 4-2 thirds innings.

The Astros kept rolling with their 4th straight win, but this slip-up shines another light

on those close calls behind the plate that can swing A, game.

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