Referee MLB Mark Ripperger receives praise for the way he called a recent game.
Ripperger was behind the marble for Thursday’s match between the Royals of Kansas City and the Twins of Minnesota. While the Royals Bobby Witt Jr. The Sacrifice Flaw of the Royals shattered equality in seventh round, a large part of the conversation after the match was to ripper.
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July 9, 2023; San Francisco, California: Marble referee Mark Ripperger (90) before the first round of the match between the Giants of San Francisco and the Colorado Rockies in Oracle Park. (Robert Edwards-USA TODAY SPORTS)
The referee was recognized for calling a “perfect game”, which would have originally happened another time in the era of the referee’s dashboards.
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The referees’ dashboards compile the advanced monitoring of major leagues to assess how precise a referee was during a given game. The data also examines how the call of a referee has an impact on the game.
Ripperger called on Thursday 136 locations. According to the metrics of the dashboards of the referees, he called each land with precision.
The MLB logo on the circle on the bridge at the Great American Ball Park on September 18, 2023 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Dylan Buell / Getty Images)
Kansas City followed Minnesota by a race Thursday before rallying in the seventh round. The start of the Royals Michael Wacha launched 5.1 rounds, abandoning two deserved points. He also withdrew four strikers.
Bobby Witt Jr. of Kansas City Royals watches his Sacrifice Fly to mark a round in the seventh round of a baseball match against the Minnesota Twins, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP photo / Charlie Riedel)
The Royals’ 2-3 victory against the Twins Thursday was followed by a 7-0 defeat against the Guardians on Friday.
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Former referee MLB Pat Hoberg is credited with the only other score game from the perfect referee recorded. Huberg accomplished this feat in match 2 of the 2023 World Series.
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