Phillies fans were furious after ump’s terrible strikeout call cost team a run with bases loaded

The Philadelphia Phillies faithful have every right to be mad at umpire Alex MacKay for this call that cost the team a run.

On Sunday, the Phillies were down 2-0 to the Minnesota Twins, but had the bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Alec Bohm was facing a 3-2 count, with a walk set to score a run and cut the deficit in half.

Instead, however, Bohm was rung up looking on a called strike that was well inside. Bohm couldn’t believe the call as he spiked his bat in frustration after MacKay rung him up and the home Phillies crowd was instantly irate.

Here’s how the play went down.

Alec Bohm was just ejected after this strike-three call with the bases loaded pic.twitter.com/FPmKhfDbsB

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 13, 2023

That’s … not a strike.

An inning later, Phillies manager Rob Thomson was ejected after Bryce Harper was called out on strikes on a pitch that missed the outside corner.

And now Harper gets called out on strikes and somehow does not get ejected but Rob Thompson does pic.twitter.com/g3XoCFvAQd

— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) August 13, 2023

Phillies fans noted that MacKay was a call-up umpire for this game and were not happy with his performance in a crucial rubber match. Here’s how Phillies fans reacted on Twitter after Bohm struck out looking with the bases loaded on a terrible call.