The Milwaukee Brewers were unable to sweep the Oakland Athletics on Sunday, August 25 as they lost by a score of 4-3. In this game starting pitcher Frankie Montas made his return to the Coliseum and had to deal with an extremely inconsistent strike zone from home plate umpire CB Bucknor. Following the game Bucknor was heavily criticized.
CB Bucknor gifted the Oakland Athletics their first run of the game that sparked a four run inning.
In the fourth inning the Milwaukee Brewers led by a score of 2-0. The first three Athletics hitters reached base via base hits off of Frankie Montas. Then on the seventh pitch of an at-bat CB Bucknor gifted the Athletics their first run of the game via a bases loaded walk on a pitch that caught a lot of the plate.
Umpire CB Bucknor gifted the As a run on a bases loaded walk that should’ve been a called strikeout.
Bucknor missed 20 calls in the game and 15 went against the Brewers.
Brewers lost by 1.#Athletics #Brewers pic.twitter.com/03JIxW5MWr
— Umpire Auditor (@UmpireAuditor) August 26, 2024
After that sequence the Athletics put up three more runs via a base hit and two RBI SAC flies. All four of Oakland’s runs were scored in that inning and they went on to win by a run. CB Bucknor’s missed strike three was a pivotal moment in this game.
Milwaukee Brewers fans heavily criticize CB Bucknor following the bases loaded walk.
On social media several fans were not happy about the missed call from CB Bucknor. A challenge system is in the works in the Minor Leagues and in this particular instance having that in place would be nice in order to get the correct call on the field.
CB Bucknor is just straight up ruining this game
— Math (@BigMEMath) August 25, 2024
CB Bucknor should follow Angel Hernandez in retirement
— 𝒴𝑒𝓁𝒾’𝓈 𝐵𝑜𝓃𝑔 (@yelichfans) August 25, 2024
A call or two missed here or there, and close calls at that, are part of the game. This isn’t baseball when a guy is this bad. And he’s like this every game.
— Angelhernandezisdogshit (@PoundsomeBud) August 26, 2024
CB Bucknor is tending on Twitter in a game between 2 of the smallest market teams in MLB. Tells you all you need to know about how bad he’s been today. pic.twitter.com/eSZZmPBnMl
— Markus Howard Fanpage (@burner_craig) August 25, 2024
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