MASN: Mark Zuckerman Sep 21, 2023
Strong finish could help make Gray's season look better
After he takes the mound one more time next week, what will Josiah Gray consider when he evaluates his 2023 season?Will the Nationals right-hander look at his breakthrough first half, the 3.41 ERA that earned him the first All-Star nod of his career? Will he look at his second half struggles, the 5.13 ERA that wiped up much of what he had accomplished earlier?Or is there something else that rises above the rest to paint a more accurate picture of Gray’s season?“I think the first goal is to stay healthy,” he said. “But then you want to perform. You want to go out there every outing and...
WTOP Sep 20, 2023
Lane Thomas’ grand slam helps Nationals blast White Sox 13-3. Josiah Gray gets the win
Lane Thomas hit a grand slam and the Washington Nationals routed the Chicago White Sox 13-3 on Wednesday.
MASN: Mark Zuckerman Sep 10, 2023
Gray getting extra rest before next start, Abrams sits with sore knee
The Nationals will give Josiah Gray three extra days of rest before he makes his next start, hoping the time off gives the struggling right-hander a chance to catch his breath and still finish a once-promising season strong.Gray has totaled only six innings in his last two starts, allowing seven total runs while walking eight batters and throwing 149 pitches in the process. His next turn in the rotation would have come Monday in the Nats’ series opener at the Pirates, but he now will wait until Thursday’s finale at PNC Park to take the mound.That start will be 11 days removed from his...
MASN: Mark Zuckerman Sep 3, 2023
Gray labors early, Nats lose late again to Marlins (updated)
If the last week of baseball represented a slow devolve of what had been an uplifting summer for the Nationals, the top of the first inning this afternoon was undoubtedly the low point.Josiah Gray looked simultaneously lost and irate on the mound after a ragged opening frame that seemed to spell certain doom for the right-hander and his team against a Marlins club that has owned them the last two seasons.But Gray figured things out just enough to stop the bleeding, and when his teammates rallied to tie the game against Sandy Alcantara, it looked like the weekend might just be salvaged. Until...
MASN: Mark Zuckerman Aug 28, 2023
Nats can't overcome Gray's early exit, lose to Jays (updated)
TORONTO – It would be one thing if this dud of a start from Josiah Gray came out of nowhere, if it was a surprising blip on an otherwise clean radar and could be brushed off as simply a bad night.Unfortunately, this felt more like the inevitable low point of a bad month for the Nationals’ young right-hander, who lasted only two innings while allowing four runs and digging his team into an early hole it could not escape during an eventual 6-3 loss to the Blue Jays.Unable to find the strike zone with any consistency, and unable to pitch his way out of jams the way he did earlier this...
