Shohei Ohtani had quite a game on his bobblehead night. Two home runs, six runs. Then Jhonny Pereda struck him out. The Athletics’ backup catcher faced Ohtani in the eighth inning Thursday night. Pereda gave up three straight hits against the bottom of the Dodgers’ order.

Pereda has played in just 12 games this season entering Thursday as he is a backup catcher for the Athletics. Yet, somehow. he struck out Ohtani, on his own bobblehead night, at home, despite hitting two home runs earlier in the game.

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