Gray leads the way on the final day of the first half

Today's Overview/Schedule/Weather: We wrap up the first half of the season with a full slate of games, starting with three games at 1:35 pm ET. The weather has been heating up across the country, but some rain is also beginning to appear, so hopefully we'll get all the games to play. We have some aces pitching today, but still plenty of suspect pitching, leading to at least eight games with projected totals of nine runs or more.  

 

Notable Starts:

Sonny Gray is coming off a solid outing against the Nats, where he allowed two runs over five innings pitched with six strikeouts. Over his previous nine starts, Gray has allowed three earned runs or less in seven of nine starts for a 2.62 ERA and 2.64 SIERA to go with 62 strikeouts and seven...

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