The Toronto Blue Jays lost a baserunner in brutal fashion early in Game 3 of the World Series.
In the top of the second, Daulton Varsho took what just about everyone in Dodger Stadium thought was ball four – except for home plate umpire Mark Wegner, who called it a strike. Amid the confusion, Bo Bichette was busy jogging to second base and got caught leaning off first, for a 2-1-3 pickoff.
Bo Bichette is picked off for the first out of the 2nd inning #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/TwQxmgjMJp
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Blue Jays manager John Schneider told Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal that the mix-up happened because of a slow strike call that Varsho didn’t hear.
“I (asked Wegner) just to be a little bit quicker with his call,” Schneider said. … “Very delayed call, pretty deliberate. Just didn’t say anything, so Varsh assumed it was a ball and Bo assumed. I just asked him, ‘In this environment, can you be a little bit quicker, or give a little bit more clarity, so everyone knows what’s going on?'”
Varsho ended up working a walk later in the at-bat. However, the Blue Jays were unable to score in the inning.