Double Signal Chaos: ABS Strike in Dodgers-Cubs Game

0:00On April 27th, in a wild twist during Sunday's Dodgers Cubs match-up, both the Cubs' Nico Herner and Dodgers catcher Dalton rushing tried to challenge the exact same free-one pitch in the second inning. The Dodgers were up three nothing with the bases loaded and one out against their lefty Justin Robelski, who had just walked two after a double. Herner, Chicago's high bat, wanted that walk to tie things up after five scoreless innings. Justin figured the pitch nicked his own and signaled confidently by tapping his helmet, holding the ball extra long. Herner bolted toward first, then turned back to signal two, but the UMP already called it a strike, rushing just missed hearing in. So the challenge hit Herner's count and the ABS system ruled it a strike by half an inch. He struck out next. Alex Breggman grounded into an out, and the Dodgers escaped clean and there's six nothing win. Once like this double signal chaos under the new ABS system, don't pop up often, but as Dodgers broadcaster Joe Davis called it, that was the ultimate ABS strike, keeping

1:03the rubber game locked tight early. From around the league, powered by AI, this is MLB News Today, I'm Corey with the story.