NEW YORK _ Sonny Gray came away fortunate.
The right-hander, hit on the base of the thumb on his throwing hand by a comebacker Thursday night to start the fifth inning, had X-rays after the game that came back negative.
"Everything was good," said Gray, who threw five scoreless innings in the 7-2 victory before being removed by Aaron Boone for precautionary reasons. "Feels much better than it did yesterday."
Gray said he doesn't see any issue in taking his next turn in the rotation.
"We view him as good to go," Boone said before Friday's game.
Gray said the area of impact still felt "a little bit" sore but "nothing crazy."
The 28-year-old is 8-7 with a 5.08 ERA but is 3-0 with a 1.10 ERA over his last three starts. The caveat to that, of course, is the outings have been against the Orioles, Mets and Royals.
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