Shohei Ohtani was pulled from Wednesday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds in the middle of an at-bat in the fourth inning after he threw six straight balls — none of them particularly close. The pitcher walked off the mound with a trainer looking frustrated.

Ohtani pitches into a fourth inning for the first time this season but leaves with cramps in his right hip on a hot, humid night, remaining in the game as the DH. The Reds score three times in the