Tony LaRussa complained about it. Fans on Twitter complained about it. But was there really an inconsistent strike zone last night between Chris Carpenter and Cliff Lee? Jerry Meals is no stranger to controversy this season. I took a look at the PitchF/X charts for both pitchers, and let me tell you this….don’t let your eyes deceive you.
Here’s Carpenter’s chart.
The green dots were pitched that were called balls. I count maybe….four dots that were in the strike zone. I also see one dot outside of the strike zone that was a called strike. Nothing looks too out of the ordinary here.
Now, here’s Lee’s chart.
Again…I see maybe three green dots in teh strike zone, and maybe one or two of the called strike dots out of the strike zone.
What does this prove? The umpiring tonight wasn’t egregiously bad, nor inconsistent. Move along folks, nothing to see here.
