{"id":106041,"date":"2025-10-11T09:57:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=106041"},"modified":"2025-10-11T09:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:58:08","slug":"philly-outrage-umpire-issues-rare-apology-to-cristopher-sanchez-after-blown-call-the-moment-that-changed-everything-in-game-4-players-left-stunned-as-silence-filled-the-dugout-and-the-fallout-is-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=106041","title":{"rendered":"PHILLY OUTRAGE: Umpire Issues Rare Apology to Cristopher Sanchez After Blown Call, The Moment That Changed Everything in Game 4, Players Left Stunned as Silence Filled the Dugout, And The Fallout Is Only Getting Started\u2026ll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-1344423\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=788,height=444,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cristopher-Sanchez-27284542.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 788px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=428,height=285,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cristopher-Sanchez-27284542.jpg 428w, https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/width=788,height=444,fit=crop,quality=90,gravity=auto,sharpen=1,metadata=none,format=auto,onerror=redirect\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Cristopher-Sanchez-27284542.jpg 788w\" alt=\"Umpire Apologizes to Cristopher Sanchez After Blown Call Costs Phillies in NLDS Game 4 Loss\" width=\"788\" height=\"444\" \/><figcaption>Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>The National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies could be heading to a winner-take-all Game 5 if home plate umpire Mark Wegner hadn\u2019t blown a crucial strike call in the seventh inning \u2014 a call he ended up apologizing to Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sanchez for.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez had Dodgers outfielder Alex Call in a 2-2 count when he threw a pitch that, according to replays, caught the inside corner. However, Wegner called it a ball, and Call walked.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That just can\u2019t happen, man. pic.twitter.com\/zwxcX9ElSw<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArcainiLuke\/status\/1976441097477030054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1976441097477030054%7Ctwgr%5E9790a0d13f0c4716a89e07ec96af196be27420aa%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsportsnaut.com%2Fmlb%2Fumpire-call-impact-dodgers-phillies-nlds<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Instead of being no one on and two outs, Enrique Hernandez stepped to the plate and singled, ending Sanchez\u2019s outing.<\/p>\n<p>Closer Jhoan Duran came in and got Andy Pages to ground out for the second out of the inning, but now Call was on third and Hernandez on second. Duran intentionally walked Shohei Ohtani to bring up Mookie Betts, who he walked on six pitches, scoring Call to tie the game.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-the-blown-call-changed-everything\">The Blown Call Changed Everything<\/h2>\n<p>If Wegner had made the correct call and rung up Call on strikes, that run never scores and in all likelihood, the Phillies would\u2019ve won the game 1-0 to force a Game 5 back in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the Dodgers went on to win it in the bottom of the 11th following Orion Kerkering\u2019s errant throw to home plate that scored Hyeseong Kim.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, The Philadelphia Inquirer\u2019s Lochlahn March revealed that Wegner apologized to Sanchez for missing the strike call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCristopher S\u00e1nchez said the umpire apologized to him for missing the 2-2 pitch to Alex Call in the seventh. What should have been a strikeout became a walk, and that runner went on to score the tying run,\u201d March posted on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cristopher S\u00e1nchez said the umpire apologized to him for missing the 2-2 pitch to Alex Call in the seventh. What should have been a strikeout became a walk, and that runner went on to score the tying run.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArcainiLuke\/status\/1976441097477030054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1976441097477030054%7Ctwgr%5E9790a0d13f0c4716a89e07ec96af196be27420aa%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsportsnaut.com%2Fmlb%2Fumpire-call-impact-dodgers-phillies-nlds<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If MLB had implemented the Automated Ball-Strike system in 2025, this wouldn\u2019t have happened. But instead of using available technology, Sanchez got screwed out of a strike call that changed the complexion of the game.<\/p>\n<p>ABS will be implemented in 2026, but that\u2019s too little, too late for the Phillies.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>The #Phillies 1-through-3 hitters.<\/p>\n<p>Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper<\/p>\n<p>Game 1 \u2014 1-for-11<br \/>\nGame 2 \u2014 1-for-10<br \/>\nGame 3 \u2014 7-for-13<br \/>\nGame 4 \u2014 1-for-14<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s your series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffKerrCBS\/status\/1976467408878703006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1976467408878703006%7Ctwgr%5E9790a0d13f0c4716a89e07ec96af196be27420aa%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsportsnaut.com%2Fmlb%2Fumpire-call-impact-dodgers-phillies-nlds<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Even though the missed strike call played a big part, it wasn\u2019t the main reason the Phillies lost. That blame belongs to a futile offense led by Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper. In their three NLDS losses to the Dodgers, they went a combined 3-for-35 with 15 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NLDS between the Dodgers and Phillies could be heading to a Game 5 if umpire Mark Wegner hadn&#8217;t blown a crucial strike call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":106042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PHILLY OUTRAGE: Umpire Issues Rare Apology to Cristopher Sanchez After Blown Call, The Moment That Changed Everything in Game 4, Players Left Stunned as Silence Filled the Dugout, And The Fallout Is Only Getting Started\u2026ll - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=106041\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PHILLY OUTRAGE: Umpire Issues Rare Apology to Cristopher Sanchez After Blown Call, The Moment That Changed Everything in Game 4, Players Left Stunned as Silence Filled the Dugout, And The Fallout Is Only Getting Started\u2026ll - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The NLDS between the Dodgers and Phillies could be heading to a Game 5 if umpire Mark Wegner hadn&#039;t blown a crucial strike call.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=106041\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-11T09:57:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-11T09:58:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/VBYLIJZEWZBXBK6O2TYZNSZ4CA-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrLuu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrLuu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=106041\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=106041\",\"name\":\"PHILLY OUTRAGE: Umpire Issues Rare Apology to Cristopher Sanchez After Blown Call, The Moment That Changed Everything in Game 4, Players Left Stunned as Silence Filled the Dugout, And The Fallout Is Only Getting Started\u2026ll - NEWS USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=106041#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=106041#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/VBYLIJZEWZBXBK6O2TYZNSZ4CA-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-11T09:57:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-11T09:58:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/301df8231b74387730cd1ed513c32f69\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=106041#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=106041\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=106041#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/VBYLIJZEWZBXBK6O2TYZNSZ4CA-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/VBYLIJZEWZBXBK6O2TYZNSZ4CA-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Orion Kerkering, middle, walks to the dugout after handing the ball to manager Rob Thomson, middle left, during a pitching change in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Monday, July 7, 2025. 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