Jon Jay strikes out on 4-2 pitch as everyone forgets count (Video) ~ Holdout Sports

St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Jon Jay was a strikeout victim despite being pitched four balls when seemingly everyone, including the umpire and himself, forgot the count during his seventh inning at-bat in Wednesday night's game against Tampa Bay.

Here's the recap of the at-bat as Jay faced Rays pitcher Alex Cobb:

First pitch was down the middle for strike one.
Second pitch was low, making the count 1-1.
Third pitch hit the inside corner: 1-2.
Next pitch to Jay was inside: 2-2.
A changeup missed low, making the count 3-2.
Cobb misses again on a pitch outside.

That should have been ball four. However, for whatever reason, the count stayed at 3-2. Home plate umpire Dan Bellino obviously lost track, and so did Jay, but no one on the Cardinals caught it either, and even the television announcers didn't notice. So the at-bat continued:

Jay fouls off the next pitch, so the count remained 3-2 on the scoreboard, even though in reality the count was 4-2.
Jay gets caught looking at a pitch on the inside corner for strike three.

The strikeout ended the seventh inning, and it was only after the commercial break that the missed count was brought to the attention of the TV announcers.

You know this is really bad when the ESPN pitch-by-pitch recap of the game doesn't even know what to do with it, as they just stopped tracking pitches after 3-2:

Ultimately, the fault lies with Bellino, as it's his job to keep track of the count. Hopefully he will be disciplined appropriately.

Video via MLB.

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