Davey Martinez had simple instructions for Josiah Gray before the 24-year-old starter took on the Giants last week in San Francisco’s Oracle Park.
“I want him to just focus on each pitch and get through each inning, one inning at a time,” Martinez told reporters, “... and just understand that when you’re in those situations, those high-leverage situations, every pitch counts, so you’ve got to make a good pitch. He understands that and he’s learning, every time he goes out there he’s learning, he’s improving, so we just want him to go out there and compete and attack the strike zone like he did last time.