Urias collects 1st 3 hits in 2nd big league game
Rookie also celebrates homer before it's overturned by replay
SAN DIEGO -- Luis Urias is officially in the hits column. For a moment, the top-ranked second-base prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline found himself in the home run column, too. But Urias will have to settle for a 3-for-5 day and an 8-3 Padres victory instead.
Urias, who earned his promotion to the Majors on Tuesday, notched his first career hit in the bottom of the third inning Wednesday afternoon. He took an 0-1 fastball from Seattle starter Erasmo Ramirez to the opposite field for a single.
And he wasn't done.
An inning later, Urias sent an opposite-field blast toward the right-field foul pole. It caromed into the Petco Porch area, and the first-base ump signaled home run. Urias rounded the bases and was mobbed by his teammates in the home dugout -- only for the celebration to come to an abrupt halt.
"It was kind of fun, you know," said Urias, who is rated as the No. 22 prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline. "When I was running to first base, I thought it hit the pole, but in the end, the replay doesn't lie, right?"
During a crew chief review, replays showed that the ball caromed off a fence to the right of the foul pole, negating the homer. Urias would ground out later in the at-bat.
"That's the most painful home run overturn I've ever been a part of," Padres manager Andy Green said.
Urias rebounded nicely. He doubled down the left-field line in the sixth and singled through the hole between short and third in the eighth.
"Nine [plate appearances], and he's hit the ball everywhere," Green said. "That's a good sign."
"I like to put the ball in play," Urias said. "It doesn't matter if I go to right or left field."
Urias is the fourth-ranked prospect in a loaded Padres farm system, which has already begun paying dividends at the big league level this year. In 120 games for Triple-A El Paso this season, Urias batted .296/.398/.447. His hit tool rated as one of the best in the Minor Leagues. At long last, he's putting that hitting prowess on display at Petco Park.
"In the end, it's the same game," Urias said. "It's baseball."