Detroit — More than two years later, Jose Urena still insists the pitch just got away from him.
If you knew anything at all about this lanky, Dominican-born right-hander before the Tigers signed him last week for one year at $3.25 million, it was probably that on Aug. 15, 2018, Urena, pitching for the Marlins, was suspended for six games after he drilled Braves slugger Ronald Acuna Jr., with the first pitch of the game — a 97-mph heater.
Because Acuna had homered in five straight games and had hit lead-off homers in the last three, the immediate reaction was Urena beaned him on purpose.