Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Edwin Uceta entered the day with a 0.75 ERA across 24 appearances this season. After his 25th game — an eighth-inning appearance against the Philadelphia Phillies — Uceta now has a 1.49 ERA.
So Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Nick Castellanos wasn’t particularly shocked that an upset Uceta took out his frustrations by hitting him on what proved to be the righty’s final pitch of the night before being ejected. In fact, Castellanos says he saw it coming.
“I got into the box, I wasn’t even swinging because I thought there was a chance that could happen.