Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider (14) talks to home plate umpire Mark Wegner during the second inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in game three of the 2025 MLB World Series at Dodger Stadium. Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images

Blue Jays get hosed by umpire's late call during Game 3

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated Oct 28, 2025 8:03 AM ET

The Toronto Blue Jays got a real double whammy during Game 3.

Toronto met the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday for the third game of their World Series matchup. In the top of the second inning at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, the Blue Jays appeared to be in business after a lead-off single by Bo Bichette followed by a 3-1 count to Daulton Varsho.

But on the 3-1 delivery from Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow to Varsho, home plate umpire Mark Wegner called a very high strike. On top of that, Wegner’s call came extremely late, and Varsho had already begun walking to first base. After a subsequent moment of hesitation, Varsho then seemingly resumed his walk to first, even tossing his bat off to the side.

That threw Bichette, who was on first base, for a loop. Bichette ended up getting caught in no man’s land and was tagged out by the Dodgers as a result. Here is the extremely bizarre video.

Bo Bichette is picked off for the first out of the 2nd inning #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/TwQxmgjMJp
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Varsho ended up drawing a walk in the at-bat anyway, and Alejandro Kirk then followed with a single. But from there, Addison Barger struck out, and Ernie Clement lined out, leaving the Blue Jays without a single run in the inning to show for it.

You could place some blame there on Varsho for the premature walk to first or on Bichette for not being as alert as he could have been. But really, the onus should be on Wegner, who blew the strike call in the first place and made the call extremely late as well, setting off that entire unusual chain of events.

Wegner is also notably the umpire who missed a call during the NLDS that ended up benefiting the Dodgers, too.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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