Bucknor's Replay Woes: Brewers Benefit

0:00It's April 1st, Milwaukee Brewer's news today starts now, AI powered and ready for kickoff. Umpire C.B. Bucknor is having a rough start to the season and is showed up big time in the Milwaukee Brewer's 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. He was on first base duty when Jake Bowers smacked an infield single in the 6th inning. Bucknor called Bowers out for missing the bag, but replay proved he touched a clean right across the top, flipping the call. That overturns sparked some momentum for Milwaukee. Bowers stole second and later scored on Brandon Lockridge's double, helping pad their lead. Earlier this week, Bucknor struggled even more with Major League Baseball's new automated ballstrike system during Cincinnati's 11 inning win over Boston. Out of eight challenges on his zone calls, 6 got overturned, all strikes turned to balls. Both managers could not help but smile after watching the replay together, keeping things light despite the mistake. Brewer's skipper, Pat Murphy, called Bucknor a friend and skipped any harsh words.

1:04Bowers stay classy too, just saying he was glad to get on base and score. Bucknor's hit rate on those automated challenges was the worst among Umpire so far, with only two calls standing, one ball and one strike. It highlights the growing pains as baseball tests this tech. Replace systems like this are saving the day more often, especially for guys like Bowers, who laughed about being thankful for the second chance. Umpiring stays under the microscope as the season rolls on.