WATCH: Tim Tebow’s First-Ever Spring Training Game Didn’t Go All That Well

.@TimTebow steps to the plate for his FIRST at-bat in a #SpringTraining game: https://t.co/lNaAimk6Eb pic.twitter.com/a5mEv0cnR8

— MLB (@MLB) March 8, 2017

Seven months after signing a contract to play baseball for the New York Mets, Tim Tebow finally got a chance to take some hacks against big league pitching on Wednesday.

It didn’t go well.

Above, you can see Tebow’s first at-bat, against — of all pitchers — reigning American League Cy Young award-winner Rick Porcello. The Boston Red Sox ace showed no mercy and the former Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback went down looking on four pitches.

Tebow made contact on his next at-bat. But with the bases loaded and no out, he grounded meekly to second for a 4-6-3 double play. A run did score, but no RBI was awarded because of the double play.

Adding injury to insult, Tebow was hit by a pitch in his third at-bat, taking one off his right shoulder. Fortunately, he was okay. The subsequent batter hit a line drive for an out, and Tebow broke for second and was doubled off first base.

A strikeout in his fourth and final turn at the plate left him 0-3 with two strikeouts and a hit by a pitch in what was a most inauspicious debut. Fortunately for him, he’s scheduled to get another shot on Friday.

Watch above, via Major League Baseball and SportsNet New York.

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