ATLANTA (AP) — After beginning the season in the bullpen, Jose Urena has developed into perhaps Miami’s top starter.
Urena’s latest case for ace status was a win against the Braves that ended a losing streak.
Urena allowed only three hits in 6 1/3 innings and added his first career RBI to stop Miami’s five-game skid and lead the Marlins to a 7-1 win over Atlanta on Friday night.
Urena (13-6) gave up a fourth-inning homer to Freddie Freeman but little else. Atlanta’s only other hits off Urena were a second-inning single by Tyler Flowers in the second and a bunt single by Ozzie Albies in the sixth.