Let’s get the obvious out of the way first: It was cold on Sunday. Cloudy, 35 degrees with 13mph winds do not make for agreeable baseball conditions. Many of the Reds wore head coverings to protect their ears. Starter Sonny Gray wore long sleeves.
However, as David Bell said in his pre-game comments, when it’s cold outside, “just don’t talk about it.” Trevor Williams, the Pirates starter, paid no heed to the cold and spun 6.0 shutdown innings with his forearms bared to the world.
Gray, to his credit, did not blame the cold. “Look, their guy went out and threw six shutout innings and dominated the game, so I don’t think there are any excuses to be made on the weather,” he told C.