Josiah Gray gave up a single and an RBI double in the first inning of his outing against the Philadelphia Phillies in Citizens Bank Park last week, but the 25-year-old starter tossed three scoreless after surrendering the early run, only to run into trouble in the Philly half of the fifth, with a one-out walk to Kyle Schwarber and a two-out, two-run home run on a 2-2 cutter down in the zone but over the middle of the plate to Bryce Harper, which the former Nats’ outfielder hit 397 feet to right-center for a two-run homer. A single in the at-bat which followed ended Gray’s outing after 92 pitches in 4 2⁄3 IP.
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