Josiah Gray gave up a solo home run in the third inning of his outing in Phoenix, AZ, then committed a throwing error in the fourth which ultimately led to two more runs scoring on the Nationals’ 25-year-old starter, who hadn’t given up a home run in 19 innings before the blast, and had given up two runs or fewer in five straight starts which followed a rough (5 ER) outing in his 2020 debut.
“He was good,” Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez told reporters after a 3-1 loss to the D-Backs in which Gray went five innings on 92 pitches.