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Pirates 3B Ke'Bryan Hayes pleads for robot umps after egregious missed call vs. Braves

Whenever a baseball player calls for robot umps, you can be sure of one thing: a blatantly obvious missed call that changed the outcome of an at-bat or even an entire game.

On Sunday, that player was Ke'Bryan Hayes, third baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Hayes was batting in the top of the eighth inning, facing Braves pitcher A.J. Minter with the bases empty. The Pirates were down 5-2 after giving up four runs in the previous inning and were trying to cut that deficit before they ran out of time. With a 3-1 count, Hayes waited for the next pitch.