Sonny Gray now doubts it was food poisoning that kept him from a third consecutive Opening Night start Monday. He’s willing to put the blame on a 24-hour flu.
One thing the A’s right-hander does know is that either way he’d just as soon not spend any more time in hospitals getting IV fluids pumped into him.
Gray, who will now start Game 3 of the season against the White Sox Wednesday, would have been willing to pitch regardless, but he said Tuesday in retrospect it was the right call for him to be skipped.
“It’s just one game of 162,’’ he said.