Do you hear what I hear?

Diamondbacks 5, Giants 3

Can you hear the sound of a foul tip?

The real answer is, sometimes.

Sometimes you hear the bat clip a pitch as it whistles into the catcher's glove or spikes into the dirt. Sometimes, though, you can't.

Unfortunately for umpires, "sometimes" doesn't exist. Every moment of the game—every safe, out, ball, strike—is pure and whole and unconditional. No ambiguity.

The umpire can't say—and almost never does—they're unsure about what happened.

And that's how you end up with umpire Stu Scheurwater saving Kevin Newman from a crucial strikeout in the ninth inning.

Scheurwater heard bat hit ball, and that's the end. Patrick Bailey protested. So did Bob Melvin. But it never mattered.

The game's most pivotal play was also its most invisible. Except to Stu Scheurwater. He'd tell you he heard exactly what happened, even if the rest of us are unsure.

Sometimes that's the way it goes.

Up next: The red-hot Mets come to San Francisco to start a three-game series. It’ll be Keaton Winn (1-3, 4.09 ERA) taking on #ForeverGiant Jose Quintana (1-1, 3.05 ERA) at 6:45 p.m.