It’s safe to say that no pitcher is going to have a good night every single time they take the mound. That’s certainly true of Casey Mize, who has been working consistently to find himself as a major league pitcher, and overall has done a great job of it. All this serves as a polite lead-in to say that tonight was definitely not Mize’s night.
It was pretty apparent in the first inning that things would need to even out fast, because it took Mize 33 pitches to get through the Angels lineup. It started off with an Ohtani single, because it’s Shohei Ohtani so, come on.