Is my beta fish dying?

I cleaned his bowl last night and put him in a smaller bowl. This morning I woke up and he was laying on the counter curled up and dry, I picked him up with a fork (I didn't stab him, his tail was through it) I was going to flush him, but I decided to put him back in his bowl. Then all of the sudden he started swimming around, but he's still acting weird. He swims real fast, then stops. He keeps sitting at the top of the bowl with his mouth kind of poking out like he's gasping for air. I feel really bad. Is he going to die?