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Gray’s second-half surge takes a step back
- Updated: August 8, 2016
DENVER — Streaks of five starts without a loss and six straight quality starts ended on Sunday as the wheels came off Jon Gray’s slider. And as his slider went, so went the Rockies’ fortune in a 10-7 loss to the Marlins.
Gray was unable to complete the fourth inning, and he left having twice allowed more runs in an inning than he allowed over his last five starts combined.
“Nothing went right today,” Gray said. “I didn’t pitch at all. Didn’t command anything. The slider wasn’t there. I pretty much lost us the game, lost us the series.
Gray struggled from the start, allowing the first three batters he faced to score as part of a four-run first frame. He had traffic in the second after walking the pitcher to lead off the inning, put up a 1-2-3 third, then allowed four more runs in the fourth, getting the hook after serving up a two-run homer to Giancarlo Stanton.
“Location,” manager Walt Weiss said of the key to Gray’s struggles. “His slider was flat. His command wasn’t real …
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