Yankees turn around quickly and beat Orioles

New York — No one will accuse Aaron Boone of sleeping on the job.

Coming off a rugged extra-inning loss that stretched past midnight and cost his team four players to injuries and illness, the new Yankees manager didn't have much time to prepare for Saturday afternoon's game.

So he slept at Yankee Stadium. He said it wasn't in his office, but it was a comfortable spot.

"I actually stayed here last night," Boone said after New York beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-3. "We had so much going on last night. I actually got a good night's sleep, but it did come quick."

Sonny Gray pitched six effective innings and rookie Miguel Andujar hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly before the Yankees broke away.

It was 3-all in the sixth before Andujar's sacrifice fly scored Didi Gregorius with his first RBI of the season.

Austin Romine hit a soft pop to shallow right later in the inning that bounced out of first baseman Chris Davis' glove for a single, allowing Tyler Austin to score and chasing starter Chris Tillman (0-2).

The day after the Yankees used eight pitchers in a 14-inning marathon, Gray gave his team some welcome length. The righty was charged with three runs on four hits, walking two and striking out four.

"We needed it," Gray said. "Any time you lose a game like we did last night it's important that you come in the next day, especially with the quick turnaround that we had, it's important to come in and to win that next game."

Gray (1-0) dodged trouble with his final batter thanks to newcomer Jace Peterson, who was signed to a major league contract before the game. With runners on second and third and two outs, Peterson snagged Pedro Alvarez's hard-hit liner on the run, slamming into the left-field wall after making an acrobatic catch.

"You've got to prepare to be ready for this opportunity always, no matter what happens in the spring or what happens the day before," said Peterson, who had played just 40 of his 383 big league games in left field before Saturday. "I was fortunate to run it down and make the play."

David Robertson entered in the seventh with one out and runners on second and third, fanning the dangerous Manny Machado and Jonathan Schoop to preserve the 5-3 lead. Robertson struck out four of the five batters he faced.

Aaron Judge tied the score at 3-all with an RBI groundout in the fifth. He also hit an RBI double in the seventh, giving New York a 6-3 advantage. Judge has driven in at least one run in a club-record 14 straight home games.