First-Ever Enforcement of Automatic Balls/Strikes at Tonight's Game

May 1, 2015 - International League (IL1)
Indianapolis Indians News Release

The Indianapolis Indians' home game tonight at Victory Field will feature Minor League Baseball's first-ever enforcement of automatic balls and strikes from the new pitch clocks during the regular season.

Any pitcher or batter in violation of the pitch-clock rules will be assessed an automatic ball or strike, depending on the offending party and regardless of the current count of the at-bat. This enforcement creates the unprecedented situation in which the umpires will have the authority of awarding either a strikeout or walk without an actual pitch being thrown from a pitcher (Prior to May 1, players in violation were only issued warnings).

(Game time is 7:15 p.m. at Victory Field against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies).

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