Despite being a few inches outside and a tad bit low, Torres called the offspeed pitch a strike, putting Chisholm down 0-1 in the count. Carlos Torres calls a pitch well outside the zone a strike ...

The pitch caught the outside corner of the strike zone, much to Carolyn’s delight. For more stories celebrating Carolyn, click here.

And it's especially easy to pick out a struggling hitter when they can't even see the most obvious pitches outside the strike zone. We saw that in a huge way on Monday night.

Chicago White Sox rookie catcher Edgar Quero ejected after arguing strike call vs. the Diamondbacks in 10-0 blowout loss at ...

In the eighth inning, with New York trailing the White Sox, 2–1, Anthony Volpe was called out on strikes after looking at a pitch on the outside corner, prompting Boone to come out of the dugout ...

McCutchen estimates he’s getting one pitch outside the zone called for a strike per at-bat. “It used to be per game; now it’s per at-bat,” McCutchen said.

If not, a first-pitch strike can lead to damage. Just like it did in the second inning Sunday. After Boyd walked Kiké Hernandez on four pitches, he attacked left-handed hitting rookie Triston ...

That pitch is a potential weapon he can use to get soft contact or swing-and-miss. It can often appear to be a strike initially before diving outside the strike zone just before it reaches home plate.

In terms of the vertical placement, it's possible the ball clipped the top of the strike zone, but that's irrelevant because, horizontally, the ball did not get the outside corner.

The pitch was called a ball, but it was close, right on the edge of the strike zone. For an instant, Diamondbacks pitcher Corbin Burnes and catcher Gabriel Moreno just stood there, looking at each ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The pitch looked perfect. Thigh-high, 95 mph, right on the outside corner. Liam Hendriks was ready to celebrate a strikeout, and Roberto Alvarez was prepared to head back to the ...