There have only been 118 immaculate innings — striking out the side on nine pitches — in Major League Baseball history, making it one of the rarest accomplishments in the sport. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto thought he threw the 119th on Thursday night against the San Diego Padres in the top of the third inning.

After striking out Bryce Johnson and Martin Maldonado on six pitches, he got ahead of Fernando Tatis Jr. 0-2 and threw what appeared to be a perfect pitch right down the middle.

Everybody thought it was strike three. Everybody except for the one person that mattered the most — home plate umpire Marvin Hudson.

At the end of the day this isn't a huge deal, mostly because Yamamoto ended up striking out Tatis Jr. two pitches later. He still struck out the side on an incredibly efficient 11 pitches. 

But what if he didn't? What if Tatis Jr. took the next pitch and hit it 450 feet out of the ballpark? What if it changed the game? 

Just because it didn't doesn't mean missed calls like that aren't a problem. With today's technology every pitch is scrutinized and immediately analyzed in great detail, and every time calls like that get obviously missed the call for automated strike zones will get louder.