That first victory of 2018 continues to elude Jose Urena.
After facing the minimum amount of batters through the first four innings, things fell apart quickly in the fifth as the Braves scored four and later cruised to a 8-1 win Saturday night over the Marlins at SunTrust Park.
Urena lost his seventh consecutive decision to start the season, marking the second year in a row that has happened to a Marlins’ Opening Day starter with Edinson Volquez also going 0-7 to open 2017.
Urena had compiled a 2.84 ERA in his four previous starts with 22 strikeouts and only four walks in 25 1/3 innings.