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Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats drop opener to Mets, 2-1; Josiah Gray throws six scoreless in NY...

What was arguably Josiah Gray’s best start of the season (his seven-inning, 87-pitch outing against the San Francisco Giants last weekend in D.C.), began with back-to-back walks, but Gray stranded both of those runners, and the leadoff walk he issued in the second as well, then got down to business, giving up a single, double, and sac fly in the third, then retiring 11 of the final 13 batters he faced in a 10-1 win.

“Josiah was good,” manager Davey Martinez said of Gray’s work against the Giants, ‘... after the first two batters.