BALTIMORE — Starter Sonny Gray, who has been erratic for much of this season, showed the Yankees his better side on Friday night in a 4-1 victory over the Orioles. Gray stumbled in the early innings, but then righted himself and shut down the slumping Baltimore offense.
The free-swinging Orioles had trouble with the biting curve and slider from Gray (4-4), who allowed one run on four hits and struck out six without giving up a walk over six innings. Manager Aaron Boone said on Thursday that Gray had been moving in a better direction and that the Yankees believed in the right-hander’s potential.