Shohei Ohtani shocking fanned by A's catcher, who snatched the ball as a keepsake

If you can claim you struck out Shohei Ohtani, you should ABSOLUTELY, without a doubt, keep the ball you used to do it.And if you're a position player doing it? That's triply cool.That's what happened on Thursday night when the Athletics' Jhonny Pereda was on the mound for the team as they were getting beat by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Pereda is normally a catcher, but he was on the mound for mop-up duty.

But he dialed it up all the way to 89 MPH and got Ohtani to swing and miss.

Then? He tossed the ball to the dugout for keeping.Smart! I'd do the same.Here's that moment:Position player Jhonny Pereda broke out the heat to strikeout Ohtani ...

and kept the ball pic.twitter.com/A8TXdjizI0 MLB (@MLB) May 16, 2025Congrats!This article originally appeared on For The Win: Shohei Ohtani struck out by A's catcher Jhonny Pereda who kept ball.

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