Could I have helped here?

[gordon30307]

In this situation I'm not getting involved unless my partner asks for my input. Obviously the PU doen't know the rule. I'm going to tell him I'm 110 percent certain that should have been a strike if it hit him in the strike zone. I'm going to urge him to correct it and if he doesn't it's out of my hands except for the beating afterwards in the parking lot.