Hunter Strickland took responsibility for the dust-up with Salvadro Perez Wednesday night in game two of the World Series.

Strickland later shouldered blame for what he termed a “miscommunication.” He said he thought Perez had said something to him while crossing home plate, perhaps in response to Strickland displaying his frustration over allowing the homer to Infante.

“That’s what I initially assumed, and that’s my fault for assuming,” Strickland said.

“I don’t know if he thought I was yelling at him or not. I was just frustrated with myself.”

He’s had a disaster of a post-season so far. While he walked one and struck out seven in 5 1/3 innings, his five home runs allowed negate that big positive.