Soto came up to the plate with two outs and nobody on against A’s starter Paul Blackburn. The 25-year-old outfielder didn’t swing a single time during the seven-pitch at-bat. Blackburn seemingly didn’t throw a single strike based on the strike zone shown on the YES Network broadcast.

The first called strike was somewhat close. It just barely missed the bottom-right portion of the zone. The second called strike was even further off the plate than the first.

The strikeout pitch was an 83 mph slider that appeared to be below the strike zone. Soto flipped his bat in apparent irritation over the call.

The sequence was especially startling given that Soto is one of the top walk-drawing players in the majors. The three-time All-Star has led the MLB in bases on balls in each of the last three seasons.