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07/05 00:47 CDT All-Star snub helps fuel Red Sox pitcher Sonny Gray in 8-1 win
over Angels
All-Star snub helps fuel Red Sox pitcher Sonny Gray in 8-1 win over Angels
By MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- An All-Star snub provided some extra motivation for
Sonny Gray on Saturday night, the Boston Red Sox right-hander using the slight
for fuel in an 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
The 36-year-old Gray allowed a run and four hits in six innings, striking out
seven and walking two, to improve to 10-1 with a 2.61 ERA --- the second-best
mark in the American League. He has six straight quality starts since May 30,
going 5-0 with a 1.97 ERA.
But when All-Star rosters were announced Saturday, fellow starter Ranger Suarez
and closer Aroldis Chapman were Boston's only picks for the AL team.
"I was disappointed, a little bummed, for sure," Gray said. "I'm just being
honest, you know? I'm happy for Ranger, and I'm happy for Chappy, for sure.
They're very well-deserving. But a little selfishly, yeah, I was disappointed."
Gray carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning of his previous start, a 7 1/3
inning, one-hit, nine-strikeout, 97-pitch effort in a 5-4 win over the New York
Yankees last Sunday.
Interim manager Chad Tracy thinks there is a good chance that Gray will be
added to the AL roster.
"When the All-Star Game happens, there's so much roster fluctuation --- it
happens every year with pitchers who can't go, people are hurt, people back
out," Tracy said. "Things happen, so I'm still holding out hope for a couple
more guys on the team who I feel are deserving."
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