Cardinals at Dodgers, 6/6/2015

**To learn about "Zone Score" & "Game Score", please see this post.**

Umpires

HP CB Bucknor

1B Lance Barrett

2B Dale Scott

3B Dan Iassogna

Pitchers

Dodgers: Kershaw, Jansen

Padres: Garcia, Choate, Maness

Zone Score & Game Score for CB Bucknor

Standard Strike-Zone

Dodgers v. LHH (DLSZ): +1

Dodgers v. RHH (DRSZ): +5

Cardinals v. LHH (OLSZ): +1

Cardinals v. RHH (ORSZ): +2

Adjusted Strike-Zone

Dodgers v. LHH (DLAZ): 0

Dodgers v. RHH (DRAZ): 0

Cardinals v. LHH (OLAZ): 0

Cardinals v. RHH (ORAZ): +1

GAME SCORE 

Standard Strike-Zone Game Score: +3

Adjusted Strike-Zone Game Score: -1

Notes:

Because this game featured two left-handed starting pitchers, and as a result there were only 2 LH hitters (besides the pitchers) in both teams line-ups, Bucknor only made 25 called balls/strikes to LH hitters during the game. Interesting, and a big reason why his DLAZ and OLAZ scores were a perfect 0. Not to pick on Bucknor, but that is rare for him. Anyway, he had a good day behind the plate, and only had 5 or 6 'bad' calls. Here they are:

Bucknor called 4 high strikes:

Strike 2 to Peralta in the second inning (0-1 count, 0 outs, nobody on, LI 0.93)

(pitch 2)

Strike 3 to Kershaw in the third inning (1-2 count, 1 out, nobody on, LI 0.70)

Strike 1 to Heisey in the fourth inning (0-0 count, 0 out, nobody on, LI 1.07)

Strike 3 to Puig in the fourth inning (1-2 count, 1 out, nobody on, LI 0.76)

Horizontally, Bucknor was fairly consistent, but he did miss a few, notably this miss from Jansen:

Ball 1 to Holliday in the ninth inning (0-0 count, 2 out, nobody on, LI 0.38)

Technically a ball, but inside the Adjusted strike-zone and Bucknor had been giving that corner all night.

Overall a good game from Bucknor.

Close Calls & Reviews:

There were not any challenges or reviews in the game.