DENVER -- Rockies starter Jon Gray called his line "ugly." There was no other way to describe 10 hits and seven runs in five innings Monday night's 7-6 loss to the Padres. But he saw enough beauty to feel good about it, even while acknowledging he has to be better.
In his first start after holding the Padres scoreless and striking out seven in seven innings in a win last Wednesday at Petco Park, Gray didn't put away the Padres with two out in the second and fourth in innings at Coors Field, with the fourth featuring a three-run homer by pitcher Clayton Richard followed by Carlos Asuaje's first homer of the season -- both on 0-1 counts.