Discussing the possibility of getting one more turn in the rotation after he gave up four hits, three walks, and three runs in 5 1⁄3 innings pitched in Coors Field in Colorado last week, 23-year-old Washington Nationals’ starter Josiah Gray said he was excited about the possibility of going up against a Boston Red Sox club that was/is fighting for an AL Wild Card spot, and potentially spoiling things for one of the teams still in the mix for a postseason berth.
“I think it would be great,” Gray said. “Obviously my career is very young and I’m continuing to learn, but obviously we’re in a spot with that series to play spoiler and mess up things a little bit and so that’s what we got to do, so if I do make a start next week, whenever that may be, that will be fun, and I’ll go out there give it my all and try to pitch just like any other game.