Athletics get wrong end of ABS gaffe against YankeesAssociated PressMultiple AuthorsMay 31, 2026, 02:55 AM ET
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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The ABS system appeared to hit a rare glitch during the Athletics’ game against the New York Yankees on Saturday night.
A pitch to A’s catcher Shea Langeliers in the fourth inning was verified as a strike even though the replay showed it missed the zone by a little less than an inch.
The call in question came in the fourth inning of the 6-4 win by the Athletics when Ryan Weathers threw a 2-0 pitch that was called a strike. Langeliers immediately challenged the call because he thought the pitch was low.
After a short delay, plate umpire Adam Beck unveiled that the pitch was verified as a strike, and the A’s lost their challenge. But the replay on MLB.com showed the pitch was 0.8 inches low and should have been called a ball. It ended up being mostly moot as Langeliers eventually drew a walk, although the A’s lost one challenge.
“The explanation on the field was the umpires were told from the communication upstairs, the controller of the ABS, that the call was verified,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay stated after the game.
Kotsay stated the A’s saw the replay at the end of the inning on the iPad in the dugout, which is standard, and noticed that it should have been called a ball. Kotsay talked to the umpires between innings but couldn’t get the challenge back.
“Obviously, they don’t have access to the iPad,” Kotsay stated. “They only have access to the information they’re being told through their earpiece. That’s something we need clarified through the league, and we will have that conversation with the league.”
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