Josiah Gray threw 94 pitches in seven innings, picked up nine strikeouts, 17 swinging strikes on the night, eight with his slider and seven with his curve, in a secondary-stuff-heavy, solid outing against the Rangers on the road in Texas last time out before tonight.
“Clearly the breaking balls were working for him again, they were good ones,” his manager, Davey Martinez, said after Gray threw 33% sliders, 33% curves, 29% four-seam fastballs, and 5% changeups in Arlington.
“He threw his fastball when he needed to,” the manager added, “... but his out-pitches were the breaking balls today.