Gray feeds off Descalso’s early clutch catch

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BALTIMORE — Rockies starter Jon Gray was rolling through three innings on Wednesday night, but the Orioles nearly derailed his start in the fourth. With runners at the corners and no outs, Manny Machado lofted a shallow fly ball to left field that looked like it was going to drop in.

But Daniel Descalso, usually an infielder, came charging in from left field to make a sensational diving catch for the first out of the inning. Gray then got the final two outs to strand the runners in what proved to be a pivotal series of events in his strong outing of the Rockies’ 3-1 win at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Descalso, who had played the outfield only once in his first six Major League seasons, was …

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