Miami’s Urena suspended six games for hitting Acuna

Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Urena was suspended six games and fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally hitting Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Atlanta Braves with a pitch.

Major League Baseball announced the penalties Thursday, a day after Urena hit Acuna on the left arm with his first pitch in the Marlins’ 5-2 loss in Atlanta. The 20-year-old Acuna went into the game having homered in five straight games, including four homers in the three games against Miami – three of them leading off.

The 25-year-old Urena, from the Dominican Republic, is 3-12 with a 4.74 ERA in 24 starts. Unless appealed, the suspension is scheduled to begin Friday at Washington.

Also, Braves first base coach Eric Young was suspended one game and fined.

Puig gets two-game ban: Los Angeles outfielder Yasiel Puig was suspended for two games and fined an undisclosed amount for fighting and inciting a bench-clearing incident against San Francisco.

MLB announced the sanctions, two days after the Cuban player took a swing at Giants catch Nick Hundley in the seventh inning of the Dodgers’ 2-1 home loss. Hundley also was fined.

Puig is scheduled to begin the suspension Friday at Seattle.

Rangers, Royals make a trade: The Texas Rangers acquired minor-league left-hander Kelvin Gonzalez from the Kansas City Royals for a $250,000 international signing bonus allocation.

The Rangers assigned Gonzalez to the Class A Arizona League Rangers. The 20-year-old was 0-2 with a 4.19 ERA and had one save in 11 relief appearances with Class A Burlington.