Overview
- Gray, who debuted for Boston on Saturday in Cincinnati, lasted four innings on 80 pitches after a 35‑pitch first that put the Red Sox in a hole.
- Cincinnati won 6-5 in 11 innings on a Dane Myers walk-off after Wilyer Abreu tied it with a ninth-inning homer.
- The bullpen steadied the game after a fifth-inning homer off Greg Weissert, as Danny Coulombe, Ryan Watson, Aroldis Chapman, and Garrett Whitlock posted zeroes through the 10th.
- After the loss, Gray said he did not give Boston a good chance to win his debut.
- Facing his former team at Great American Ball Park, he yielded four early runs including a Sal Stewart homer before retiring five of his last six hitters.