A two-inning start that includes four walks is the latest chapter of a dismal August for the right-hander.
TORONTO — Josiah Gray hoped that his previous outing in New York was a light at the end of a dark August tunnel. He had worked six innings of one-hit ball in a win at Yankee Stadium, working around five walks that gave him reason to believe he was back on track.Then came Monday night’s regression against another American League East team.
Gray’s mechanics have been a point of emphasis with coaches working with him to finish more in line with the plate. When Gray has struggled, he opens up his body too soon and misses off the plate to his arm side. Gray also lands on the side of his plant foot when he pitches, making his margin for error even slimmer.
Martinez asked Robert Garcia, Andrés Machado, Jose A. Ferrer and Jordan Weems to get through the final six innings. Garcia and Machado also struggled, throwing 35 and 39 pitches, respectively, over their two-inning outings.In the third, Jansen took Garcia deep for a solo homer. And though the Nationals got two runs back in the fifth on a double from Meneses, the Blue Jays added a run in the bottom of the frame to keep hold of things on a night Washington failed to play clean baseball.
“Walks are a part of the game,” Gray said. “I’ve walked a lot more guys than I’m used to. But I know I can get out of those jams with one pitch and that’s what we always talk about … today, just didn’t really have any of my good stuff and you look up at the scoreboard and I throw two innings and put the bullpen in a hole really early. So it’s just bad.”Before the game, the Nationals recalled catcher Drew Millas from Class AAA Rochester.
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