- Ángel Hernández already made several questionable calls at the beginning of the season.
- The Rangers still managed a 12-8 victory and improved to an 8-6 record.
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The Texas Rangers announcers didn’t stop referee Angel Hernandez as he made one missed call after another Friday night.
The defending World Series champions built a quick 8-1 lead over their rivals, the Houston Astros, in the top of the fourth. With the lead, Texas loaded the bases for rookie Wyatt Langford.
However, Hernandez then called a 2-0 cutter a strike, despite being outside the zone. Shortly after, Astros pitcher JP France threw almost the same pitch twice, prompting the announcers to make comments during the broadcast.
‘You got to be kidding!’ Dave Raymond, play-by-play announcer for the Rangers Bally Sports Southwest. ‘What the hell ?!’
“This is just bad,” said analyst Dave Valle. ‘Three consecutive pitches well off the plate.
Rangers announcers criticized Ángel Hernández for his calls Friday against Houston.
Hernandez also made a controversial strike against New York’s Gleyber Torres on Sunday.
‘That’s so obvious. That was terrible.’
The Rangers-Astros game wasn’t Hernandez’s first terrible assignment at the start of the MLB season.
The referee carried out a controversial strike on Gleyber Torres in the Yankees-Blue Jays confrontation on Sunday. Although New York still secured the 8-3 victory, the decision did not sit well with the fan base.
Hernandez also made a questionable decision in a game between the Mets and Tigers when he claimed that Detroit’s Spencer Torkelson swung the bat when it appeared otherwise.
However, his questionable decisions didn’t affect the Rangers, who cruised to a 12-8 victory over Houston.
The victory improved the Rangers to an 8-6 record. Meanwhile, the Astros fell to a 4-11 start.