Gray (7-8) was tagged with the loss Tuesday against the Astros after allowing four runs on six hits and two walks while fanning nine across 4.1 innings.
Gray struck out nine batters but wasn't sharp, hitting a batter and tossing a wild pitch in addition to issuing two walks. Plus, only 58 of his 97 pitches went for strikes. The hard-throwing right-hander ended a streak of eight consecutive outings in which he allowed three or fewer runs, a stretch in which he also posted six quality starts. Despite this subpar outing, he still owns a 3.76 ERA with a 10.0 K/9 across seven starts since the beginning of July.