Yu Darvish made his highly-anticipated debut in a Chicago Cubs uniform Saturday night, but it didn’t go as smoothly as anyone had hoped. The right-hander was only able to make through 4 1/3 innings pitched. He gave up five earned runs on five hits, walking two and striking out four.
Darvish hit his first batter of the season, pegging Marlins leadoff man Lewis Brinson. Things didn’t get any better after that, either. The next batter, left fielder Derek Dietrich, took Darvish deep with an absolute blast to right field.
Don’t hit the panic button, though, folks.