Atlanta Braves rookie Ronald Acuña Jr. has spent the week abusing Miami Marlins pitching, leading off each of the first three games in the series with a home run. In Wednesday’s finale, the Marlins flipped the script in a painful way when starting pitcher Jose Urena drilled Acuña with his first pitch of the game.
The 97.5 mph fastball hit Acuña square in the left elbow and left the hot-hitting rookie in considerable pain. From there, the situation quickly escalated into a benches-clearing incident as the Braves clearly felt there were bad intentions behind the Urena’s pitch. The umpires agreed, ejecting the 26-year-old right-hander from the game immediately.