Major League Baseball umpire Ron Kulpa had a night to forget Tuesday in Minnesota as he missed a wild amount of calls while working home plate in the Twins' 9-1 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles.
Kulpa, whose struggles have been well documented before, had the announcers shaking their heads all night as he missed 18 calls. Here's a sampling of the announcers' reactions to those misses.
“Ohhhh that was called a strike but that was ball four.”
“That’s the fastball he took for ball one to begin the at bat.”
“Oh, he got that call. Fooled Ron Kulpa there.”
“He got a gift on a curveball.”
Here's video proof of his mistakes.
Umpire Ron Kulpa struggled in the Orioles Twins game missing 18 calls including 4 strikeouts.
— Umpire Auditor (@UmpireAuditor) May 7, 2025
He had a correct call rate of only 88.2%. pic.twitter.com/q8GfnAdRVR
Twins manager Rocco Baldelli could be heard yelling at Kulpa during the seventh inning.
#MNTwins manager Rocco Baldelli gets into it with home plate umpire Ron Kulpa over balls & strikes in the 7th inning. pic.twitter.com/NNBK00qn2J
— Talkin' Twins (@TalkinTwins) May 7, 2025
Fans were also not impressed with Kulpa:
Ron Kulpa must have tickets to the Wolves game tonight. Buxton, Correa, and Lewis all victims of a very generous strike zone the last couple innings. #MNTwins pic.twitter.com/0J4dEnxsjS
— ALBJ4 (@ALBJ4) May 7, 2025
Ron Kulpa you are very bad at your job
— RCCola (@RCCola1320) May 7, 2025
They are asking for the robot umpires! They are sabotaging themselves! This year has seen a lot of bad calls!
— luis lerebours (@LLerebours) May 7, 2025
Orioles' Coby Mayo was rung up by home plate umpire Ron Kulpa on this 3-2 pitch from Twins' Pablo López. pic.twitter.com/GhnqF4dHAu
— Matt Weyrich (@ByMattWeyrich) May 7, 2025
Not the best of nights for Ron Kulpa.
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