Umpire Carlos Torres didn’t exactly impress during his World Series game behind the plate — and it appeared to cost the Yankees in some spots.
Torres, who worked the 2022 World Series as a replay official but made his debut as a Fall Classic umpire during Game 1 on Friday night, had an overall accuracy of 93 percent with 11 missed calls during the
Jazz Chisholm Jr. reacts to a strike call by Carlos Torres during Game 1 of the World Series on Oct. 25.
In that same frame, he botched a call on the first pitch Jazz Chisholm Jr. faced from Jack Flaherty, with Chisholm flashing bunt before pulling back and Torres — a 46-year-old who made his MLB debut as an umpire in 2015 — called a pitch outside of the zone a strike. And Torres’ gaffes didn’t stop the Yankees from taking a 3-2 lead in the 10th and being one Nestor Cortes out away from escaping Game 1 with a victory, before Aaron Boone opted to intentionally walk Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman
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