I dont know, but I really think the the ump did have something to do with that. They laid off his nasty breaking ball, which I thought looked like strikes but were called balls, that probally had a little to do with it. Also this may be 100 percent wrong, but aluminum bats are much lighter than the regular professional wooden bats, and its probally easier to a get a swing and a miss. However that might be total ********, just a thought.