A tough four-inning outing against the Philadelphia Phillies in Citizens Bank Park, in which he gave up five hits (four of them home runs), three walks, and six earned runs in a 7-2 loss, had Washington Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez talking cautiously about how their club would handle 24-year-old right-hander Josiah Gray over the last weeks of his first full major league campaign.
“We’re keeping a close eye on him,” the Nationals’ fifth-year manager said.
“He’s worked really hard to keep himself going. Hopefully, we won’t have to shut him down because I know he does not want that.