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Gray sets Rockies record with 16-K shutout
- Updated: September 18, 2016
DENVER — The punch-outs came in record-setting bunches for Rockies rookie Jon Gray, who achieved a club single-game record 16 strikeouts in his first career shutout and complete game — an 8-0 victory over the Padres on Saturday night.
The right-hander surpassed Darryl Kile’s 14 strikeouts, achieved Aug. 29, 1998, at Montreal. Gray, 24, whose previous high was 12 on June 5 at San Diego, dominated the game with a slider he used for 12 third strikes. However, he reached back for a 96-mph slider to vanquish Adam Rosales for the second out of the ninth, then returned to the slider to whiff Ryan Schimpf, who fanned four times.
Along the way, Gray set a club mark by striking out six straight in the second and third innings. The previous club record, five, was accomplished 10 times — the latest by Jason Marquis against the D-backs on Sept.18, 2009. Gray also had the unusual feat of fanning four in an inning in the second.
Gray, who threw 113 pitches and didn’t walk a batter, set a record for K’s at Coors …
