Rockies starter Jon Gray barely had time to enjoy the fruits of his labor Saturday night against San Diego when his bullpen blew his victory for the second straight time.
Still, it was an encouraging performance from the hard-throwing rookie, who was limited to five innings and 69 pitches. He gave up just one run on four hits with no walks and five strikeouts.
The lone tally against Gray came on a Matt Kemp sacrifice fly that followed two hits to open the game. He retired 14 of the last 16 batters he faced.
Gray has yielded only four runs in 15 innings pitched over three starts, but remains without a victory or defeat.