Bucknor's Botched Calls Spark Chaos in Red Sox Game

0:00It's March 29. You're listening to MLB News today, AI-powered baseball coverage. I'm Corey with the story. CB Bucknor is already the top villain in this new automated ballstrike era, especially for Red Sox fans. In Saturday's game against the Reds, Boston lost 6-5 after Bucknor botched Call after Call. There were eight challenges total, but the Sox burned theirs early on two upheld calls, leaving them defenseless later. Meanwhile, the Reds played it smart, flipping five strike calls to balls in the sixth and seventh innings that included two straight pitches to Eugenio Suarez that Bucknor wrongly rang up, both overturned. Suarez grounded out anyway, and it didn't lead to runs, but his show had the system exposed his loose zone. Fans and players lost it over Bucknor's worst miss in the seventh. He called Trevor's story out on a check swing without appealing to first base. Which is held story back, then Bucknor ejected manager Alex Cora with the smirk.

1:00Cora kept a cool post game, saying it just wasn't Bucknor's best day. Adding to the chaos, a Reds broadcaster nailed a pre-game, predicting record challenges with Bucknor behind the plate, his partner was stunned silent. Story also got punched out on a 3-2 count ball in the fourth, and Marcelo Mayer struck out looking in the eighth on another questionable pitch, off the plate. With ABS challenges quick and easy, this 11 inning game still wrapped in 3 hours, 32 minutes. Bucknor's got a history of wild zones, and now teams will keep the pressure on, could make for a long season if he doesn't tighten up.