With the Cubs leading 2-1 and the Phillies down to their last strike in the 4th inning Friday afternoon, Jon Lester delivered a cutter that he felt had caught the outside corner for strike three. He was so confident, in fact, that he began to walk back to the dugout. After a bit of a delay, home plate umpire Tony Randazzo determined that the pitch was outside and he called it a ball.
Lester was visibly upset by the call and got a little fired up, as he’s been wont to do. On the ensuing pitch, Cody Asche doubled off the top of the wall to drive home Darin Ruf and Freddy Galvis and give the Phillies a 3-2 lead.