Red Sox's Gray 'bummed' by All-Star snub, picks up 10th win - ESPN

ANAHEIM, Calif. — An All-Star snub provided some extra motivation for Sonny Gray on Saturday night, the Boston Red Sox right-hander using the slight for fuel in an 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

Gray, 36, allowed a run and four hits in six innings, striking out seven and walking two, to improve to 10-1 with a 2.61 ERA, the second-best mark in the American League. He has six straight quality starts since May 30, going 5-0 with a 1.97 ERA.

But when All-Star rosters were announced Saturday, fellow starter Ranger Suarez and closer Aroldis Chapman were Boston's only picks for the AL team.

«I was disappointed, a little bummed, for sure,» Gray said. «I'm just being honest, you know? I'm happy for Ranger, and I'm happy for Chappy, for sure. They're very well-deserving. But a little selfishly, yeah, I was disappointed.»

Gray carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning of his previous start, a 7⅓ inning, one-hit, nine-strikeout, 97-pitch effort in a 5-4 win over the New York Yankees last Sunday.

Interim manager Chad Tracy said he believes there is a good chance that Gray will be added to the AL roster.

«When the All-Star Game happens, there's so much roster fluctuation — it happens every year with pitchers who can't go, people are hurt, people back out,» Tracy said. «Things happen, so I'm still holding out hope for a couple more guys on the team who I feel are deserving.»