Josiah Gray was up to 86 pitches after five innings in Colorado’s Coors Field, with just one run allowed. Gray, 25, ran into some trouble in what was a 1-0 game in the home team’s favor, but he worked around leadoff and one-out singles, stranding both runners in a 16-pitch sixth which left him at 102 pitches total.
“I wanted to see him work through that,” manager Davey Martinez said of leaving Gray in to test himself in a close game.
“Those are his runs, so he deserved a chance to get those guys out and .