Shohei Ohtani came to bat in the eighth inning on Thursday with a chance to become the first player in baseball history to hit for the cycle while also serving as that game's starting pitcher. 

He drove the first pitch he saw into deep center field, but Oakland Athletics outfielder Esteury Ruiz caught it right before crashing into the fence.

"It didn't sound perfect off the bat," teammate Chad Wallach said. "I thought it might still go."