Shohei Ohtani started Wednesday night's game against the Yankees as the Angels starting pitcher – and their leadoff batter. He is the first "real" pitcher to lead off a game in the modern era (since 1901).*
Ohtani began the evening by flying out to center, after which his teammates scored two runs. He took the mound in the bottom of the inning – and everything fell apart.
Ohtani did not finish the inning. He walked the first three hitters, gave up a couple of singles, recorded two outs, hit a batter, walked in a run, and was pulled after 41 pitches.