What promise Sonny Gray kept with the final pitch of his ‘dominant’ Cardinals debut
Apr. 10—Their meeting on the mound in the fifth inning was the timely and public continuation of a conversation that happened out of sight an inning early and a promise, right there, that the manager made to his debuting ace.
Sonny Gray completed four scoreless innings on 53 pitches. He had outwitted the Phillies at times and overpowered the Phillies when needed. The Cardinals were about to…