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Who was that umpire calling balls and strikes in the Boston Red Sox loss to the Houston Astros? That would be plate umpire James Hoye, who was seen ejecting manager Alex Cora from a cold, wild and overall sloppy start to the 2018 ALCS.

The strike zone became a running theme for Saturday night's game. Cora was the one tossed for arguing with Hoye's third strike call on Andrew Benintendi in the fifth inning. But Hoye's calls throughout the night drew complaints from both sides.

There's good reason for that, too. Hoye's strike zone tended to leak out to both sides of the plate, leading to some questionable calls.

Here are the borderline calls that Hoye made in Saturday night's game, starting with the first pitch Mookie Betts saw on the night.

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Here's the questionable call from Game 1 that led to Cora getting tossed.

You can see where the pitch was in the zone below on the pitch listed under "Bottom 5: Andrew Benintendi."

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Bottom 1: Mookie Betts - Pitch 1 (Strike)

It took one pitch for the Red Sox to get a borderline call. This was close to the edge of the plate, but Hoye got it right.

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Bottom 1: J.D. Martinez - Pitch 2 (Strike)

Hoye's first borderline call was right. This one is a little covered up, but it sure looks like he botched this one.

Calling balls on the outside of the plate strikes would go on to be a recurring theme in this game.

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Top 2: Josh Reddick - Pitch (Ball)

Probably the biggest issue with Hoye's strike zone Saturday night was that it wasn't consistent. Pitch 4 looks like it might have scraped the black. However, it gets the pass here.

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Bottom 2: Steve Pearce - Pitch 2 (Strike)

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This was a positively brutal call on Pearce.

Overall, Hoye's strike zone was pretty wide last night. At times, it was consistently wide. At other times, it was outrageously wide.

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Top 4: Carlos Correa - Pitch 1 (Ball)

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Going off the tracker here, this is a near-perfect pitch on the corner of the strike zone. However, that spot isn't always going to get the call -- even if it technically should.

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Bottom 4: Xander Bogaerts - Pitch 1 (Strike)

Hoye was calling everything on the outside of the plate. This pitch here certainly wasn't going to go the other way.

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Bottom 5: Andrew Benintendi - Pitch 6 (Strike)

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This is the pitch that got Alex Cora ejected.

As you can see, it's in the borderline area. However, it just misses catching the outside part of the plate (you can see just a little bit of white between the red and the black line).

It was close, but Benintendi had a right to be angry. Meanwhile, that's another outside pitch that Hoye called a strike.

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Top 6: Tyler White - Pitch 2 (Ball)

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Let's not even get into the catch that Pitch 1 also caught a piece of the strike zone. No, we're going to focus on the fact that this breaking ball from Joe Kelly pretty much went down the middle of the plate yet was somehow called a ball.

It should be noted that Kelly's pitch made White buckle back. However, it still sailed through the heart of the strike zone, drawing a heavy rain of boos from the crowd.

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Bottom 6: Xander Bogearts - Pitch 1 (Strike)

Hey look, it's pretty much the same first pitch from Tyler White's at-bat up there. This one manages to catch a centimeter more of the strike zone and draws the strike call for Bogaerts.

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Top 7: George Springer - Pitch 2 (Strike)

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This time it was a low pitch that drew a little scrutiny from Hoye.

This call on Springer was close, but looks like it just got him at the knees.

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Top 8: Carlos Correa - Pitch 1 (Ball)

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Pitches 4 and 2 are certainly close, but look correct. Pitch 1, though? That looks like a perfect fastball catching the tip of the corner of the plate.

Again, it's a perfect pitch here -- perhaps a little too perfect.

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Bot 8: Mookie Betts Pitches 1 & 2 (Strike, Ball)

This more or less sums up the players' frustrations from Saturday night.

Hoyre had a wide strike zone. That's the only way to explain how Betts got rung up for Pitch 1. But Pitch 2? That sure looks like it caught the edge of the plate.

Hoye was inconsistent in Game 1 and that's what ultimately raised tensions in the dugouts.

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Top 9: Alex Bregman - Pitch 2 (Strike)

There it is again. Hoye was calling that outside strike all night. The real problems came on the borderline calls on the other parts of the plate.

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Top 9: Carlos Correa: Pitch 1 (Strike)

This is the third time we've had a Correa at-bat featured here, which shows the sort of night he had to go through at the plate.

This call went in the Red Sox's favor. That pitch seems to deep hard and sink below Correa's knees. However, Howe makes the strike call in this case.

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Bottom 9: Steve Pearce: Pitch 5 (Strike)

The Red Sox had some legitimate gripes in Game 1. But this pitch wasn't one of them. This one caught the plate and led to Pearce being called out on strikes.

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Unsurprisingly, the umpiring from Game 1 drew the ire of Red Sox fans. Here's a quick sampling of the indignation flowing out of Boston this weekend.

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This is a hell of a 2-0 count for an umpire who's throwing people out of the game. 🙄 pic.twitter.com/YTqZVMwXXC — Sara Sanchez ⚾ (@BCB_Sara) October 14, 2018

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this home plate umpire is an ass clown who is basically ruining this game — Sam Stein (@samstein) October 14, 2018

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James Hoye has to be worst umpire in the Majors and Angel Hernandez still exists. — Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) October 14, 2018

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It is not Hoye's day today. — Jen McCaffrey (@jcmccaffrey) October 14, 2018

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I can’t wait until Angel Hernandez takes off his Hoye mask. — Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) October 14, 2018

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Like I said, James Hoye has been consistent, especially with the outside corner. As Pearce and Benintendi and now Correa can attest. pic.twitter.com/7ioThzoAAB — Mike Cole (@MikeColeNESN) October 14, 2018

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Not a great night for James Hoye when he can't tell when a baseball hits a forearm or a baseball bat. Not a great night at all. — Michael Hurley (@michaelFhurley) October 14, 2018

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If Cora was gonna get ejected he should’ve threw hands cause this ump sucks peen — Chet Ubetcha (@JEFFERYHNDRXX) October 14, 2018

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HEY GOOGLE DOES THIS HOMEPLATE UMP SUCK — Wally, Not Wally (@NotWallyGM) October 14, 2018

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I’m no Boston fan but I just turned this game on and this ump sucks. — JP (@skatelessmoe) October 14, 2018

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RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE WHAT A TERRIBLE UMPIRE — Red Sox Nation (@SoxEverything) October 14, 2018

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#RedSox in danger of losing a game where they have allowed only 3 hits...



Plus 8 walks, 3 HBP and some awful defense (not to mention some awful umpire calls). — BoSox Injection (@BoSoxInjection) October 14, 2018

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The Red Sox have got three batters. And one umpire. #redsox #ALCS — Tom Caron (@TomCaron) October 14, 2018

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How can this awful umpire call everything for Verlander throws out of the zone a strike but squeezes every Red Sox pitcher. Look at this called ball from Joe Kelly. Awful umpire. Total garbage! pic.twitter.com/ravKgHDLmp — Brad (@brad0014) October 14, 2018

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Alex Cora has been ejected for pointing out the obvious that this umpire has been clueless about the strike zone. #RedSox — BoSox Injection (@BoSoxInjection) October 14, 2018

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James Hoye 1 — James Carson (@JamesCarsonIII) October 14, 2018

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Definitely a bad call. Beni was lucky he didn’t get tossed dor throwing his bat and helmet. Maybe Hoye knew he blew the call. Tough break for the Sox — Erik Von Handorf (@vonhanep) October 14, 2018