Hanamaki Higashi wasted no time getting on the scoreboard. With one out and a runner on second base in the top of the first inning, Ohtani smacked a hit to left-center field to knock in the first run.

He was trying to become the first ... no-hitter in his big league debut. Stripling struck out four and walked four. Chris Hatcher relieved and Trevor Brown greeted him with a tying, two-run homer.