Josiah Gray pitched six overpowering innings and Keibert Ruiz, his young batterymate, homered to help Washington beat the listless Mets on Tuesday.
— When the Washington Nationals traded away two superstars for the future promise of Josiah Gray and Keibert Ruiz, this was exactly the sort of night they had in mind.
"For us to be forever linked together is cool," Gray said."For us to both have success today is a lot of fun." Finally given some offensive support in his fifth start this year, Gray struck out nine and walked one while allowing four hits in a successful homecoming. The right-hander grew up in New Rochelle, just north of New York City, and said he had about 20 friends and family in attendance.
Gray has a 1.59 ERA over his past four outings. His only real trouble came when the Mets loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth, but he struck out Starling Marte with a full-count slider and then needed only seven pitches to work a 1-2-3 sixth.Ruiz's solo homer to right-center off José Butto in the second marked the first run Washington scored with Gray on the mound this season.Butto was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse to start in Scherzer's spot.
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