OAKLAND, Calif. — Logan O’ Hoppe finished batting practice, greeted his parents, then made his way past the hoards of reporters in front of the dugout. Asked what the young catcher, making his first opening night appearance, expected his starting pitcher to do, O’Hoppe’s eyes lit up and he grinned.
“Do Shohei Ohtani things.”
Ohtani pitched three innings of no-hit baseball against the Athletics before he got tagged by back to back hits in the fourth inning. Needing two outs to get out of the jam, Ohtani struck out the next two batters — Jesus Aguilar and Ramon Laureano, on a 100.7-mph fastball. Ohtani yelled as he walked back to the dugout.
