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Why Louis Varland did an intentional balk for Blue Jays vs. Dodgers

Just before the final out of World Series Game 4, Louis Varland did something weird.

He committed a balk intentionally. Yep, the Toronto Blue Jays pitcher wanted the Los Angeles Dodgers ' base runner to move up a base.

The Blue Jays led 6-2, and the Dodgers had Max Muncy on second base and Alex Call at the plate.

Varland used the disengagement rule to make this happen. A pitcher is allowed to disengage twice. On the third one, if there's no out, it's a balk.

So Varland made three consecutive moves as if to throw to second, never actually throwing. One, two, then three disengagements.

A balk was called, and Muncy moved to third.

Why did Louis Varland do an intentional balk?

Varland was tr

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