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D-backs lose to Cardinals after star Ketel Marte fails to use ABS system on blown call

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Riley O'Brien celebrates after defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks during a baseball game, Friday, July 17, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

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As of July 18, 2026 at 6:28 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened PHOENIX (AP) — Major League Baseball's new Automated Ball/Strike system was implemented to help players challenge pitches that they feel were not called correctly.
The headline split The headlines are mostly aligned. The differences are small wording choices, not a major framing split.
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Left / center-leftD-backs lose to Cardinals after star Ketel Marte fails to use ABS system on questionable call

Toronto Star · Center-left · News report

CenterD-backs lose to Cardinals after star Ketel Marte fails to use ABS system on blown call

WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami) · Center · News report

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Toronto StarNews report · Jul 18, 5:57 AM

D-backs lose to Cardinals after star Ketel Marte fails to use ABS system on questionable call

questionable

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Riley O'Brien celebrates after defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks during a baseball game, Friday, July 17, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

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WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami)News report · Jul 18, 6:28 AM

D-backs lose to Cardinals after star Ketel Marte fails to use ABS system on blown call

blown

PHOENIX (AP) — Major League Baseball's new Automated Ball/Strike system was implemented to help players challenge pitches that they feel were not called correctly.

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Details18/99 Wording Gap · Low confidence · 2 sources
18/99 Wording GapLow confidence2 sources · 2 bias bucketsDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 bucketsFormats: News report

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Jul 18, 5:57 AM: Toronto Star joined the source map.

Jul 18, 6:28 AM: WPLG Local 10 (Berkshire/Graham, Miami) joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 18/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.