Yankees’ Urshela awarded walk after only 3 balls vs Tigers

<p>DETROIT &mdash; Gio Urshela of the New York Yankees was the beneficiary of an apparent mix-up over the count Friday night, drawing a walk after only three balls.</p>
<p>Urshela came to the plate in the sixth inning against Detroit. After he fouled off several 2-2 pitches, the next offering from Kyle Funkhouser was way outside and went to the backstop. Urshela tossed his bat aside and headed to first. Nobody from the Tigers appeared to argue.</p>
<p>The Yankees did not end up scoring in the inning. Vic Carapazza was the plate umpire.</p>
<p>Issues like this do come up from time to time. During last year’s playoffs, Miami’s Pablo López <a href="https://apnews.com/article/dansby-swanson-mlb-baseball-sports-tx-state-wire-f5ae13b93dc4f7ac25ce04ab5bf34957">threw four balls</a> to Atlanta’s Adam Duvall, but Duvall wasn’t awarded first.</p>
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