In two starts against the Marlins this season prior to tonight’s outing in Miami, Gray gave up seven runs in 11 2⁄3 IP (for a 5.40 ERA), with hitters putting up a .283/.327/.500 line against him in those appearances.
Going into start No. 3 against Washington’s NL East rivals this year, the Nationals’ 24-year-old righty was coming off back-to-back Ws (over the Colorado Rockies and the Cincinnati Reds) in which he’d posted a 1.64 ERA (3 R, 2 ER in 11 IP), 5.