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The Yankees’ potential Game 3 rally is cut short by a brutal strikeout call
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The Yankees’ potential Game 3 rally is cut short by a brutal strikeout call

The Los Angeles Dodgers took a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the seventh against the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday evening. Unable to get anything going all night, Anthony Rizzo singled with one out. Austin Wells pinch hit to make the second out.

It looked like the Yankees were destined for another scoreless inning – and they were – but Anthony Banda then entered the game for the Dodgers and walked Alex Verdugo. Suddenly the Yankees had two runners on base and Gleyber Torres at the plate with a chance to get the Yankees on the board, if not back in the game.

And then this happened.

After tying the score at 2-2, Torres took a high sinker that was far too high to be a strike, and yet that’s exactly what home plate umpire Mark Carlson called.

Banda vs. Torres

MLB.com’s Strike Zone says this was a bad call. /MLB.com

The game turned commercial when Yankees manager Aaron Boone shook his head and the Yankees were left scoreless. Who knows if Torres would have gotten a hit or earned a walk, but the call denied him the opportunity to try.