Rockies’ Jon Gray trying to find way out of four-game slump

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Jon Gray has slipped into a spot of a rut. He’s not blessed astir it.

The Rockies’ right-hander, who’s scheduled to go a escaped agent, has had a comparatively coagulated season, posting a 4.13 ERA. But he’s 0-4 successful his past 4 starts with a 6.75 ERA.

“It’s just, basically, deficiency of command,” Gray said Sunday aft giving up 5 runs connected six hits, with 3 walks, successful 5 1/3 innings successful Colorado’s 8-4 nonaccomplishment to Arizona astatine Coors Field.

“It’s been similar my transportation is each implicit the spot close now,” Gray continued. “It’s not the aforesaid each time, truthful it’s getting antithetic results. It’s precise frustrating, but determination (are) immoderate fixes to beryllium made. And I’m gonna bash immoderate I tin to get escaped of each this mess.”

Gray struck retired 8 Sunday and showed a bully curveball, thing that manager Bud Black liked.

“The curveball was legit today,” Black said. “There were immoderate punchouts with it. There was bully signifier to it, bully spin. His slider was good, too.”

Black added that going forward, helium would similar Gray to incorporated the curveball much into his repertoire.

Costly escaped passes. Rockies pitchers walked 7 batters Sunday, including 5 successful Arizona’s two-run sixth inning. It marked the archetypal clip Colorado walked 5 oregon much successful an inning since June 16, 2019 vs. San Diego (ninth inning).

In that sixth inning, Lucas Gilbreth walked successful a run, arsenic did Robert Stephenson. It marked the 11th and 12th times this play the Rockies issued escaped passes with the bases loaded.

Footnotes. Left-fielder Raimel Tapia (toe sprain) ran connected the infield ungraded from archetypal to 3rd for the archetypal clip since going connected the injured list. His adjacent measurement is moving retired of the batter’s box. Once helium passes that test, Black said that Tapia volition apt look a insignificant league rehab duty earlier rejoining the Rockies. … Patrick Surtain II, the Broncos’ rookie cornerback and No. 1 draught pick, threw retired the archetypal transportation astatine Coors connected Sunday.

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Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela ...

Rockies RHP Antonio Senzatela (2-9, 4.58 ERA) astatine Cubs RHP Kyle Hendricks (14-5, 4.05)
6:05 p.m. Monday, Wrigley Field
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Senzatela started against the Cubs connected Aug. 5, his archetypal commencement since coming disconnected the COVID injured list. He did not get a determination successful the Rockies’ 6-5 triumph astatine Coors Field. The right-hander pitched 4 2/3 innings, giving up 4 runs connected 7 hits, with six strikeouts and 1 walk. Senzatela has struggled connected the road, going 0-6 with a 5.80 ERA. He’s 1-1 with a 7.71 ERA successful 4 vocation starts vs. the Cubs. The Cubs person been atrocious this play but Hendricks has pitched well, making 18 prime starts. His 14 victories pb the majors and his 11-game winning streak from May 16-Aug. 6 is the longest this season. He hasn’t faced Colorado since 2019. At Wrigley Field, Hendricks is 1-2 with 4.56 ERA successful implicit 4 starts vs. the Rockies.

Trending: Brendan Rodgers widen his hitting streak to 5 games with a treble successful the eighth inning Sunday. He’s deed safely successful 21 of his past 22 games, batting .337 (31-for-92) implicit that span.

At issue: Rookie left-hander Lucas Gilbreath walked a batter with the bases loaded successful the sixth inning, becoming the archetypal Rockies pitcher to person 3 oregon much bases-loaded walks successful 1 play since Jorge De La Rosa had 3 successful 2015.

Pitching probables:

Tuesday: Rockies RHP German Marquez (11-9, 3.80) astatine Cubs LHP Justin Steele (2-2, 3.22), 6:05 p.m., ATTRM
Wednesday: Rockies LHP Austin Gomber (9-7, 4.15) astatine Cubs RHJP Zach Davies (6-10, 5.04), 12:20 p.m., ATTRM
Thursday: Off

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