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Saturday’s outing a lesson for young Urena
- Updated: September 18, 2016
PHILADELPHIA — For almost every young pitcher, their first year or two in the Majors can be a rollercoaster ride of results.
Jose Urena has had a front-row seat in his last two outings. After coming an out away from a shutout of the Dodgers in his last start, Urena lasted only two innings and surrendered seven runs to the Phillies in Saturday’s 8-0 loss at Citizens Bank Park.
It took the Phillies all of five batters to record the number of hits Urena allowed in 8 2/3 innings to the Dodgers. It took him another two batters before he got the second out of the game. He would only record six before manager Don Mattingly handed the game over to the bullpen.
“To me, with Jose, it’s been the same thing where he’s been able to keep the ball down and change speeds a little bit,” Mattingly said. “Tonight, they kind of jumped the fastball …
