Astros player swings and misses at three pitches, walks on ball three as everyone forgets the count

Not adjacent the Automated Balls and Strikes (ABS) strategy tin explicate getting connected basal aft striking retired — and this is not an April Fool's joke.

Houston Astros subordinate Cam Smith swung and missed connected the archetypal 3 pitches of a sheet quality connected Tuesday, yet inactive managed to enactment a walk.

The number went to 0-1, but connected the 2nd pitch, which Smith whiffed on, a throwing mistake by Boston Red Sox catcher Connor Wong connected a stolen basal effort brought successful a runner from third, making it 6-1, Astros.

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Houston Astros close fielder Cam Smith (11) walks against the Los Angeles Angels successful the sixth inning astatine Daikin Park.  (Thomas Shea/Imagn Images)

That brought the number to 0-2, but with the error, it appeared everyone had forgotten what the number was. Smith past swung and missed connected the adjacent pitch, but thing happened connected what should person been onslaught three.

Smith past fouled disconnected the adjacent pitch, saw a ball, fouled disconnected another, saw different 1 retired of the zone, past fouled disconnected 1 more. Then, Smith took archetypal basal connected what was really shot three, which truly should not person really been anything.

So, successful total, determination were 3 swinging strikes and 3 balls, yet Smith walked. And cipher connected the tract realized what was wrong.

Cam Smith of the Houston Astros reacts aft hitting a location tally successful the seventh inning against the Boston Red Sox astatine Daikin Park connected March 31, 2026, successful Houston, Texas. (Houston Astros/Getty Images)

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Red Sox manager Alex Cora did not look to adjacent cognize what had happened regarding the sheet quality during his postgame availability. Pitcher Brayan Bello said helium asked the umpire what the number was, and the umpire, Mark Wegner, admitted his "mistake."

"I conscionable watched the video," Wegner told reporters, according to the New York Post. "I someway didn’t number the 2nd swinging 1 due to the fact that I said the number was 1-2. It was really onslaught 3 … I’ve ne'er done that before. I’m not blessed astir it. Just made a mistake."

This is not the archetypal clip an lawsuit similar this has happened — a YouTube transmission called "Secret Base," successful its "Dorktown" series, highlighted different funky "two-strike strikeouts, three-ball walks, and different counting failures" successful a video posted implicit 5 years ago. At the clip the video was made, determination were astatine slightest 35 occurrences successful MLB history, with astir happening successful the 21st century, oddly enough.

Cam Smith and Jake Meyers of the Houston Astros observe a location tally successful the seventh inning against the Boston Red Sox astatine Daikin Park connected March 31, 2026, successful Houston, Texas. (Houston Astros/Getty Images)

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The mishap hardly mattered for the Sox, arsenic they fell 9-2 to the Astros.

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