Zack Wheeler got off to a rough start, but C.B. Bucknor missing multiple calls behind the plate didn't help matters.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Umpires never want to make themselves the story. If no one notices they’re there, they’re likely doing a good job. But on Saturday afternoon, home plate umpire C.B. Bucknor made himself the story in the Phillies’ 16-3 loss to the Texas Rangers.
In the fourth inning, Eovaldi threw a four-seam fastball inside to Marsh. Bucknor called it for strike three, but this time, the stakes were higher. The call ended the inning, stranding runners on second and third base. If Bucknor had called the pitch a ball, the bases would have been loaded for Trea Turner.
Phillies starter Zack Wheeler was unable to get out of the fifth inning because of an erroneous ball four call in Adolis García’s at-bat. The pitch that Bucknor called for a ball landed on the bottom edge of the strike zone. Yunior Marte, in his Phillies debut, came in after Wheeler with one runner on and one out, and allowed a single before striking out Robbie Grossman. In his next at-bat, he gave up a three-run home run to Mitch Garver to give the Rangers a 7-3 lead.
He ran into more trouble in the third inning, allowing a double, single, and a sac fly to score a third run. A fielding error by Turner during the next at-bat tacked on a fourth Rangers run.
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