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- Updated: May 21, 2016
CINCINNATI — Grind-it-out performances have become commonplace for Dan Straily. In his last start against the Phillies, the right-hander worked through trouble in five scoreless innings, throwing 109 pitches.
In Friday’s 8-3 loss to the Mariners, after starting at 49 pitches through his first two innings, Straily had to grind it out again, and he did just that, completing six innings on 109 pitches and allowing just one run.
But for Straily, that’s still not good enough.
“I have to find a way to get as deep into the game as possible,” Straily said. “Six? I always want more. I have to find a way to get my pitch count down earlier in games and find that rhythm earlier to take us deeper into the ball game. Six is better than five, but it’s still not seven.”
Much of the disappointment stems from …
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