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- Updated: September 12, 2016
OAKLAND — Athletics ace Sonny Gray took another small step in his recovery from a strained right forearm and remains hopeful of pitching in a game before the season is over.
Gray threw 11 pitches off a mound — all fastballs — and came out of his abbreviated bullpen session Sunday without discomfort, an encouraging sign for the right-hander who has been on the disabled list since Aug. 7.
“It felt good, it felt very good,” Gray said, after the A’s 3-2 loss to the Mariners, just before the club departed for the start of a seven-game road trip beginning in Kansas City. “I was excited to get back out there off the mound. It felt good, which is what we were looking for.”
Gray won 14 games in 2014 and again in 2015, but has struggled with injuries and …
