Atlanta Braves rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. had homered to lead off each of his team's past three games Eduardo Escobar Jersey , but Miami Marlins pitcherJose Urena ended the streak on Wednesday night after hitting Acuna.Urena drilled Acuna on the left elbow with a 97 mph fastball with his first pitch of the night, leading to both benches clearing:FOX Sports: MLB MLBONFOXBenches clear in Atlanta as Ronald Acu帽a Jr. is hit on the elbow by the first pitch he sees today.(via FOXSportsBraves) QhYE9EGL4bGiven the circumstances, there were questions as to whether or not it was intentional:Atla帽帽帽帽帽ta Braves BravesThe benches have cleared at SunTrust Park after Ronald Acu帽a Jr. was hit by the very first pitch of the game. 馃馃馃Urena was ejected for throwing at the batter. Acuna was able to remain in the game to run the bases, but he was ultimately removed from the game after the first inning.Recent acquisition Adam Duvall replaced him in left field.According to the Braves, X-rays on Acuna's left elbow came back negative. He also underwent a CT scan, the results of which will be announced Thursday.Acuna entered the game with a franchise-record five consecutive games with a home run. Per the Braves, that streak will officially remain alive:Atla帽帽帽帽帽ta Braves BravesPer MLBs Rule 9.23, ronaldacunajr24s home run streak will still be active when he plays his next game.He is theyoungest playerin MLB history to accomplish the feat.Entering Wednesday's game, he had eight dingers in eight games.The 20-year-old has put himself firmly in the National League Rookie of the Year race with a .288/.348/.576 slash line, 19 home runs, 17 doubles and 43 RBI in 67 games.Urena, on the other hand http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-jake-odorizzi-jersey , has had a rough 2018 campaign. The 26-year-old right-hander entered the game with a 3-12 record, a 4.74 ERA and a 1.28 WHIP in 24 starts. He had lost each of his two previous starts in August, allowing 10 runs in 10.1 innings of work.While hitting a red-hot batter with a 97 mph heater on the first pitch of a ballgame certainly is suspicious, Urena doesrankin the top-10 in the majors with 10 hit batsmen this season. Major League Baseball will undoubtedly review this incident, though.If Acuna misses time due to the injury, it would be a big blow to the Braves, who hold a two-game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East at 67-51. The Marlins, meanwhile, are 21 games back in last place at 48-74.Wednesday marks the final game of this four-game series, with Atlanta taking each of the first three contests. The two NL East rivals will meet once more this season, Aug. 23-26 in Miami. CHICAGO (AP) — No team in the National League piled up more victories than the Chicago Cubs through 162 games. That seems like small consolation now.Kyle Hendricks gave up a tiebreaking single to Tony Wolters in the 13th inning, sending the Cubs to a 2-1 loss to the Colorado Rockies in a marathon wild-card game on Tuesday night.Chicago lost two home games with a chance to reach the NL Division Series. The Cubs scored a total of two runs over 22 innings Eddie Rosario Jersey , dropping a tiebreaker to Milwaukee for the NL Central championship and then getting knocked out of the playoffs by the Rockies.They squandered a dominant start by Jon Lester, got shut down by Kyle Freeland and wasted several big scoring opportunities. Hendricks came in to retire the final two batters in the 12th and got the first two in the 13th before running into trouble.Trevor Story grounded a single through the left side and Gerardo Parra lined one to right, putting runners at first and third. Wolters — who came into the game as part of a double switch in the 12th — then drove an RBI single up the middle.In the bottom half, Terrance Gore acted as if he was hit by a tight pitch leading off and ran to first before being ordered back to the box. The Cubs challenged the call to no avail. Gore, Baez and Albert Almora Jr. then struck out, bringing a marathon game and a difficult season to a fitting end.“We have had a lot of things go awry this year and in spite that have still tied for the most wins in the National League in a 162-game season,” manager Joe Maddon said. “Again, that speaks to the quality of the player in the room of the and even though maybe the numbers offensively didn’t matchup, these guys put up 95 wins.”The Cubs had a long line of injuries and didn’t get the contributions they expected from some key players, including Yu Darvish and Kris Bryant. That didn’t stop them from going from 4 1/2 games behind Milwaukee in late May to leading the division by five in early September, only to have the Brewers tie them on the final weekend of the regular season.They got shut down by Jhoulys Chacin in a 3-1 tiebreaker loss to Milwaukee, then had to watch Colorado celebrate after winning the longest win-or-go home game in major league history.“All I can say is I’m extremely proud of how we’ve come together Robbie Grossman Jersey ,” Kris Bryant said.It was a bitter end for a team that made the NLCS the previous three years and won a World Series in 2016 that ended a drought dating to 1908. A franchise that for decades was defined by heartache has more wins the past four seasons than any other team.The Cubs beat Pittsburgh in a wild-card game in 2015 after a 97-win breakout regular season that established them championship contenders. But the expectations since then have changed. And this loss stings.“In 2015, we were winning the wild-card game no matter what,” Rizzo said. “In 2018, I’d say fans were (ticked) that we were in the wild-card game. We had a chance to win the division and we didn’t. We’ve really flipped this culture here.”The Cubs — who finished fourth in the NL in runs despite being held to one or zero in 39 regular-season games, one fewer than Baltimore for most in the majors — managed just four hits in 6 2/3 innings against Freeland.Anthony Rizzo grounded into a double-play with two on in C, and they left the bases loaded in the seventh when Jason Heyward struck out.Chicago had another chance in the 11th.Baez walked leading off against Seunghwan Oh and moved up on a sacrifice bunt by Almora. Daniel Murphy was intentionally walked and Baez got tagged out by Arenado on Willson Contreras‘ grounder to third.As Arenado applied the tag in the middle of the base path between second and third, Baez wrapped his arms around him. Arenado smiled and patted him rather than try a throw to first.Chris Rusin then retired pinch-hitter Victor Caratini on a grounder to first to end the inning.“At the end of the day, coming down the stretch I felt like we played good baseball,” Lester said. “I mean, it wasn’t like we beat ourselves. Sometimes you have to tip your hat to the opponent. You go 13 innings tonight against a really tough team and we come out on the short end of the stick, but I feel like we should have won that game.”