Judge feels Acuña’s pain after beaning

Aaron Judge had empathy for Braves’ slugger Ronald Acuña Jr.

The injured Yankees star feels like he has been a target of pitchers in the past, just like Acuña was Wednesday night, but unlike seemingly everyone else in the country, he doesn’t have an opinion.

“Yeah, it’s happened before, it just happens,” said Judge, who has been on the disabled list with a fractured wrist since July 26 after being hit — clearly unintentionally — by a pitch. “I got nothing for that one.”

Miami pitcher Jose Ureña hit Acuña with the very first pitch of the game after the Braves rookie had hit homers in five straight games, including four in the last three games against the Marlins.

Ureña’s 97-mile an hour fastball hit Acuña on his elbow and while exams showed no damage to the bone, he is listed as day-today.

“That’s not right,” said Rays outfielder Carlos Gomez. “That’s a team that is trying to make the playoffs and they lose him. That’s not right.”

Gomez, who has been hit by pitches 19 times this season, said that it is fair for pitchers to try and make a hitter uncomfortable at the plate — pitch inside and make a batter who is crowding the plate move his feet.

“But don’t start with that,” Gomez said of hitting Acuña.

Gomez said he knows both players. He said Ureña is a good guy and he would believe that the pitch got away from him, as the Marlins pitcher tried to say after the game.

Aaron Boone wasn’t so empathetic.

“It seemed pretty blatant to me, so I hate that,” said the Yankee manager. “I’ll just kind of leave it at that, it had a bad look to it.”