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Gray steps up his game on Fenway stage
- Updated: May 27, 2016
BOSTON — Instead of getting overwhelmed by the enormity of the Green Monster and all the history of Fenway Park, Rockies starter Jon Gray thrived in the atmosphere during an 8-2 win over the Red Sox on Thursday night.
“It’s definitely a tough environment, it really is,” Gray said. “But for me personally, I think it makes me pitch better. There’s more aggressiveness in the game. You don’t want to have a rough one here, that’s for sure. It definitely made me sharper.”
The 24-year-old right-hander went a career-high 7 1/3 innings, allowing five hits, two runs and three walks. He struck out six, throwing 62 of his 95 pitches for strikes, and Gray said he liked his changeup the most on Thursday.
Coming into the game, one of his biggest challenges was to end center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr.’s 29-game hitting streak, and Gray did it with finesse.
“I definitely had it in mind,” Gray said of …
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