Colorado Rockies right-hander Jon Gray left Friday night’s game against the visiting Oakland Athletics in the third inning with an apparent injury.
Gray had trouble locating his pitches throughout the game, and he allowed five runs on four hits and two walks with no strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings. He gave up a leadoff home run to Mark Canha in the third, and one out later, gave up a single and walk to light-hitting Seth Brown.
Rockies pitching coach Steve Foster went to the mound to check on Gray, followed shortly by manager Bud Black and trainer Scott Gehret. Gray exited a few minutes later and was replaced by Chi Chi Gonzalez.
The 29-year-old Gray, a seven-year veteran, all with the Rockies, entered the game with a record of 4-5 and a 3.71 ERA in 11 starts. He is 49-42 with a 4.52 era in 134 games, all but one as a starter.