Gray was knocked around for five runs and nine hits (two home runs) over five innings. Oakland’s Khris Davis and Matt Chapman took him deep in the second.
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The A’s dealt their former ace to New York last July 31 for a package of prospects. One of the players Oakland obtained in the deal, Dustin Fowler, was in the lineup Friday, and he gained a bit of his own revenge at Gray’s expense with his first major league hit, a single.
Fowler’s family was in the stands and celebrated the moment.
Fowler has his own interesting story: He suffered a serious knee injury in his major league debut with the Yankees last year before he was able to get an at-bat. Now he has a handful of ABs and a hit with his new club.
