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Game 831496

St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros

CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches

Mar 22, 4:05 PM UTC

St. Louis Cardinals Logo
Houston Astros Logo
FinalSpring
Status: Complete
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St. Louis Cardinals Logo
STL
001001100370
Challenges remaining: 2
Houston Astros Logo
HOU
010000100260
Challenges remaining: 1

Postgame Review

ABS Game Story

A chart-first postgame recap of which club handled the challenge game better, where the biggest swings landed, and what the umpire looked like by final out.

Debrief generated Mar 25, 3:24 AM

Postgame Matchup Lens

Team vs Team Outcome Recap

HOU
STL

Total Reviews

Raw challenge volume from the completed game.

HOU3STL1
3
1

Overturn Rate

Which club actually won more of its review bets.

HOU67%STL100%
67%
100%

Late / Close Share

How much of each team’s review activity came in the game’s tightest windows.

HOU67%STL0%
67%
0%

Umpire Tonight

Tonight's Review Pattern

4 reviewed pitches so far • 3 overturned

Highest Risk Split

LHP vs LHB

RHP vs RHB

67%

3 reviews

ELI 59.7

LHP vs LHB

100%

1 review

ELI 57.0

Most Targeted Pitch

Slider

2 reviews • 50% overturned

Most Active Lane

Bot-R

2 reviews • 100% overturned

Challenge Decision Value

Scenario Timeline

Top3 • St. Louis Cardinals

Ball

Medium Pressure • ELI 53

Overturned +38

Count Shift

Strikeout → 3-2

Base / Score

Bases Empty • Tie 1-1

Count Edge

No baseline delta

Decision Read

Challenge • +0.21% EV

Scenario Swing Index+38
Less Than 2 OutsTie Game

The overturned call changed the count before the plate appearance finished.

Top6 • Houston Astros

Called Strike

Medium Pressure • ELI 57

Overturned +41

Count Shift

3-0 → 2-1

Base / Score

Bases Empty • 2-1

Count Edge

-32.2 pts

Decision Read

Challenge • +10.79% EV

Scenario Swing Index+41
Two Outs
OVR 53%EV +10.79%HIGH RE confidenceLOW OVR confidenceAVG +5.8 ptsBB -37.9 pts

The overturned call changed the count before the plate appearance finished.

Bot8 • Houston Astros

Called Strike

Medium Pressure • ELI 60

Confirmed -21

Count Shift

Strikeout

Base / Score

Runner on 2nd • 3-2

Count Edge

No baseline delta

Decision Read

Challenge • +0.85% EV

Scenario Swing Index-21
RISPLess Than 2 OutsLate & Close

Review happened at the at-bat level without a tracked pitch event.

Top9 • Houston Astros

Called Strike

High Pressure • ELI 66

Overturned +48

Count Shift

1-0 → 0-1

Base / Score

Runner on 2nd • 3-2

Count Edge

+0.2 pts

Decision Read

Hold • -3.02% EV

Scenario Swing Index+48
RISPLess Than 2 OutsLate & Close
OVR 53%EV -3.02%HIGH RE confidenceLOW OVR confidenceAVG +0.2 ptsBB +0.0 pts

The overturned call changed the count before the plate appearance finished.

Narrative Intelligence

Game Debrief

Narrative readout of how the review battle unfolded after the charts have established which club actually captured the value.

St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros ended with St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Astros 2, and the ABS layer of the game was defined by 4 total challenges with 3 overturns. Houston Astros got the most value from review, finishing 2-for-3 on its challenges.

In Bottom 9, Houston Astros challenged for César Salazar on a Called Strike, and the review overturned the call. In Bottom 6, Houston Astros challenged for on a , and the review overturned the call. In Bottom 3, challenged for on a , and the review overturned the call.

Forensic Log

Pitch Timeline

Zone Mode
CFM1-3SliderKBB

Visual Legend

Mapping Decisions

Strike (Corrected)Ball → Strike (Won)
Ball (Corrected)Strike → Ball (Won)
ConfirmedCall Upheld (Lost)
Other OKMisc Overturned

Forensic Insights

Challenge Brief

Focus this rail on the call, the game-state consequence, and the decision read. Deeper model and historical context stay tucked into org view only.

Focus

Brice Matthews vs George Soriano

Count Transition

Strikeout

Result

Call Confirmed

Recorded Challenge

Game State

Runner on 2nd

Bot 8 • 3-2 • 1 out

Home offense batting

Estimated Leverage

60

Pitch

Slider

Velocity

83.7 MPH

Location

-0.59 x, 1.74 z

Count Before

Strikeout

Baseball Consequence

Review held the count at Strikeout.

Comparable game states move run expectancy by +0.000 from this review state.

Decision Read

Model favored a challenge

53% overturn probability and +0.85% expected value at challenge time.

Christian Vázquez
Called Strike
St. Louis Cardinals
Jordan Walker
Ball

Overall, the plate umpire had 3 calls overturned out of 4 reviews, with 1 confirmed. Pitch-location evidence was available on 4 of 4 challenges, but 1 relied on inferred coordinates, so zone takeaways should stay measured. 1 challenge locations relied on inferred coordinates, so any zone commentary should be treated as directional rather than exact. This recap used the deterministic fallback template rather than a model-written narrative, so it stays compact and evidence-based.

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