Reds fans go berserk after catcher Tyler Stephenson's ABS challenge wins them free pizza

Hitters, pitchers and catchers are not the lone beneficiaries of the ABS situation system. Fans benefit, too.

The ABS situation strategy helped Cincinnati Reds’ fans get escaped pizza during the ninth inning of the team’s 7-2 triumph implicit the Colorado Rockies connected Tuesday astatine Great American Ball Park.

When the Reds onslaught retired 11 hitters successful a game, fans get escaped pizza from the section pizzeria, LaRosa’s. The Reds had 10 strikeouts going into the apical of the ninth inning and needed 1 much to gain their fans immoderate escaped pizza.

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Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brock Burke celebrates with catcher Tyler Stephenson aft the last retired of the ninth inning against the Colorado Rockies astatine Great American Ball Park. The Reds won the crippled 7-2 successful Cincinnati, Ohio, connected April 28, 2026. (Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Reds’ reliever Brock Burke was up 1-2 successful the number against Colorado Rockies 2nd baseman Edouard Julien. Burke fired a 98 mph fastball astatine the borderline of the zone, but location sheet umpire Carlos Torres called it a ball.

Reds catcher Tyler Stephenson thought different and tapped the apical of his helmet to initiate the challenge. As the situation appeared connected the scoreboard, Reds play-by-play announcer John Sadak acceptable up the moment.

"Stephenson has won 1 (challenge) tonight, tin helium triumph pizza for those successful the stands?" Sadak said connected the broadcast.

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A wide presumption of Great American Ball Park during the seventh inning of the crippled betwixt the San Francisco Giants and the Cincinnati Reds. successful Cincinnati, Ohio, connected April 14, 2026. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

The replay confirmed it was a strike, giving the fans escaped pizza, and the spot went bonkers.

"The assemblage acceptable to burst. That’s a strike! He does it for everybody! He does it for the people," Sadak said.

The broadcast panned to a raucous assemblage that celebrated their escaped pizza. With Burke’s strikeout connected the overturned call, each fans got a escaped tiny one-topping pizza astatine LaRosa’s.

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Cincinnati Reds alleviation pitcher Brock Burke pitches against the Colorado Rockies successful the ninth inning astatine Great American Ball Park. successful Cincinnati, Ohio, connected April 28, 2026. (Katie Stratman/Imagn Images)

For bully measure, Burke struck retired the 12th Rockies hitter to extremity the crippled and unafraid the win.

With the win, the Reds improved to 19-10 which leads the National League Central. They volition instrumentality connected the Rockies (13-17) connected Wednesday astatine 6:40 p.m. ET successful the 2nd crippled of their three-game series.

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