Current:Home > InvestFirst base umpire Lew Williams has three calls overturned in Phillies-Nationals game -ThriveEdge Finance
First base umpire Lew Williams has three calls overturned in Phillies-Nationals game
View
Date:2025-04-18 00:23:35
Athletes have off days sometimes and umpires are no different. Fill-in umpire Lew Williams had one of those days during Tuesday's Phillies-Nationals game.
Through three innings, Williams — called up from Triple-A — had three of his calls at first base overturned after review, including two within one pitch.
First, Phillies right fielder Nick Castellanos hit a ball toward Nationals third baseman Ildemaro Vargas that required Vargas to make the throw from his knees. Castellanos clearly beat the throw, but Williams called him out, sending out the boo birds in the City of Brotherly Love. The Phillies challenged the play and won, but it didn't end there.
Moments later, Nationals pitcher Trevor Williams attempted to pick off Castellanos. Williams called the right fielder out, but, again, the Phillies challenged and won, sending out more boos from the crowd.
The first blown call occurred in the second inning when Zack Wheeler's throw to Bryce Harper at first failed to get Vargas out. It didn't matter to Williams who called Vargas out, only for the Nationals to challenge and overturn the call.
FOLLOW THE MONEY: MLB player salaries and payrolls for every major league team
Williams shook off his slow start and remained clean the rest of the game. The Phillies ended up beating the Nationals 8-4.
veryGood! (6)
Related
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- Rent inflation remains a pressure point for small businesses
- Georgia slave descendants submit signatures to fight zoning changes they say threaten their homes
- Former guards and inmate families urge lawmakers to fix Wisconsin prisons
- McConnell absent from Senate on Thursday as he recovers from fall in Capitol
- Ukraine says at least 31 people killed, children's hospital hit in major Russian missile attack
- This Slimming SKIMS Bodysuit Works With Low-Cut, Backless Looks: Plus More Styles I Predict Will Sell Out
- Suki Waterhouse Shares Sizzling Bikini Photo Months After Welcoming Baby Girl
- Behind on your annual reading goal? Books under 200 pages to read before 2024 ends
- Attention BookTok: Emily Henry's Funny Story Is Getting the Movie Treatment
Ranking
- Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
- Julia Fox seemingly comes out as lesbian in new TikTok: 'So sorry, boys'
- Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial begins with jury selection
- As climate change alters lakes, tribes and conservationists fight for the future of spearfishing
- South Korean president's party divided over defiant martial law speech
- More Americans say college just isn't worth it, survey finds
- Woman swallowed whole by a python in Indonesia, second such killing in a month
- Giada De Laurentiis Reunites With Ex Todd Thompson to Support Daughter Jade
Recommendation
How to watch new prequel series 'Dexter: Original Sin': Premiere date, cast, streaming
Fed’s Powell highlights slowing job market in signal that rate cuts may be nearing
Ex-Browns QB Bernie Kosar reveals Parkinson's, liver disease diagnoses
Doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie goes on trial after deaths of over 400 followers in Kenya
Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
RNC committee approves Trump-influenced 2024 GOP platform with softened abortion language
Beryl leaves millions without power as heat scorches Texas; at least 8 dead: Live updates
Mishandled bodies, mixed-up remains prompt tougher funeral home regulations