Umpire's Late Strike Call Froze Blue Jays' Runner Leading To Unfortunate Out

The Blue Jays were unfortunate of a alternatively unfortunate telephone from location sheet umpire Mark Wegner early into Game 3 of nan World Series astatine Dodger Stadium.

After Bo Bichette reached connected a single, Daulton Varsho came to nan sheet and quickly worked a 3 shot count. After Tyler Glasnow missed supra nan area pinch a sinker, Varsho stepped arsenic if to caput to first base, only for Wegner to norm it a strike. The telephone was made beautiful late, and it seems arsenic if Bichette was besides of nan mind that Varsho had drawn a walk.

Bichette froze successful betwixt first and 2nd guidelines aft Wegner's precocious onslaught call, which fto nan Dodgers propulsion nan shot down to first and tag him out.

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Despite Wegner calling a strike, Varsho had already begun removing his elbow guard. Even aft nan telephone was made, he tossed his bat and undid nan velcro connected his elbow guard, arsenic if he'd been fixed nan free pass. Bichette, perchance confused by Varsho's guidance to nan call, was opinionated wholly still disconnected first base. Glasnow sewage nan shot backmost from Will Smith, who past directed him to propulsion it to first. Freddie Freeman past tagged retired a confused-looking Bichette for nan first retired of nan inning.

John Schneider came retired to talk nan matter pinch Wegner, but location was thing that could beryllium done. Bichette was ruled retired and Varsho managed to tie a locomotion connected nan adjacent pitch. Had Bichette not gotten picked off, Toronto whitethorn person taken an early lead, arsenic Alejandro Kirk delivered a azygous successful nan at-bat aft Varsho's.

A genuinely unfortunate measurement for nan Jays to suffer their first guidelines runner of nan evening, and perchance a run, too.

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