Last two times out on the road, Josiah Gray, 24, held the Reds to two runs (one earned) in six innings, and held the Marlins scoreless over five, which left him with a 1.89 ERA, 13 walks, 33 Ks, and a .181/.271/.302 line against in six starts and 33 1⁄3 IP away from Nationals Park this season, though he was coming off six scoreless at home against the Phillies when he took on the Rangers today in Arlington, Texas’s Globe Life Field.
Gray threw a career-high 117 pitches in his six innings of work last time out before today, and he told reporters afterwards he appreciated the show of confidence Davey Martinez gave him by letting him fight well past his previous season-high of 101 pitches set in his previous outing.