"It didn't take long for the controversy to start in Game 3 of the 2025 World Series. With the Toronto Blue Jays and the LA Dodgers both looking to take the lead in a 1-1 series, the Blue Jays first good chance to score a run was snatched away from them thanks to an awful call at the plate by home plate umpire Mark Wegner."
"Confusion ensued and both Bichette and Varsho didn't realize the pitch had been called a strike. Bichette then strayed off the first base bag, and all of a sudden was caught in no-mans land and the Dodgers picked him off for the first out of the inning. On one hand, you can blame Bichette for not reading the play and assuming what the play was, and we all know what happens when we assume things don't we."
An umpire's late strike call erased an early Blue Jays scoring chance in Game 3 of the 2025 World Series. Daulton Varsho faced a 3-1 count against Dodgers righty Tyler Glasnow when Glasnow threw a sinker that stayed several inches above the strike zone but was called a strike by Mark Wegner. Confusion followed as Bo Bichette left first base and was picked off for the first out. Varsho later walked, reached third on an Alejandro Kirk single that would have scored Bichette from second, but Glasnow escaped the inning by striking out Addison.
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