Blue Jays Manager John Schneider Explains Odd Late Strike Call, Free Out For Dodgers

The Blue Jays suffered a reliable out successful Game 3 of nan World Series against nan Dodgers Monday. With halfway fielder Daulton Varsho astatine nan sheet and up successful nan count 3-1, location sheet umpire Mark Wagner called a delayed onslaught connected a precocious transportation that Toronto initially believed was shot 4 and a walk.

Dodgers catcher Will Smith threw nan shot backmost to starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow and motioned complete to first guidelines aft Wagner made his precocious call. Blue Jays 2nd baseman Bo Bichette thought he was disconnected to second, but Glasnow fired nan shot complete to first pinch Bichette stranded for a bizarre first retired of nan 2nd inning.

Blue Jays skipper John Schneider was understandably upset astir nan unusual sequence, which he explained successful a mid-game question and reply pinch Fox's Ken Rosenthal. Schneider had a heated speech pinch Wagner aft nan moment. and said he wants nan umpire to alteration people moving guardant arsenic he hopes his squad doesn't autumn unfortunate to different phantom out.

"I deliberation conscionable to beryllium a small spot quicker pinch his call," Schneider said to Rosenthal connected nan Fox broadcast astir his chat pinch Wagner. "Mark's a awesome umpire, been doing it a agelong time. Very delayed call, beautiful deliberate. Just didn't opportunity anything, truthful Varsh assumed it was a shot and Bo assumed. I conscionable asked him successful this environment, tin he beryllium a small spot quicker aliases springiness a small spot much clarity truthful everyone knows what's going on."

Bichette intelligibly thought it was a shot owed to Varsho's reaction, tossing his bat and opening to return disconnected his elbow defender successful mentation to caput to first. Toronto hopes to regain nan lead successful nan bid aft they took Game 1 earlier L.A. stole Game 2 connected nan roadworthy up of nan World Series' travel to Dodger Stadium. The Jays weren't capable to people aft nan overseas play, which they perchance could person arsenic Varsho did extremity up getting a locomotion successful nan at-bat and Alejandro Kirk singled arsenic nan adjacent hitter.

It was early successful nan game, but each retired matters, particularly successful nan Fall Classic.

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