This time, Sanchez became the fastest player in baseball’s modern era to reach 18 and then 19 home runs, requiring just 45 games after hitting a pair in the Yankees 11-5 win against the Rays at Tropicana Field.
Advertisement
Cobb, making his fourth start since returning from Tommy John surgery, allowed seven runs and nine hits as the Rays lost 11-5 to the New York Yankees on Wednesday night. Sanchez is only the second player since 1900 (Wally Berger, 1930) with 17 homers in his first 44 career games.3.
New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi played with and worked with many current and future Hall of Famers, but the stretch rookie catcher Gary Sanchez is producing is something else.
“We were talking on the bench, we were trying to figure out if we’ve ever seen anybody come up and do something like this”, Cash said. “I’m very confident that I should be able to get back soon”. “I know people are going to argue he has only been here two months, but his two months have been as good as it gets”. The four home runs in an inning were a club record. He has eight home runs in his last 12 games after a 10-game drought. And Brian McCann (19 in 120 games) is losing playing time to Sanchez and the other young Yankees.
NY rookies, including Sanchez, were given blue Yankees’ one-sie pajamas to wear for the flight from Florida to Toronto, where a four-game series with the Blue Jays starts Friday night. I think he’s proven he’s capable of doing it.
“It’s not the guy you want out, that’s for sure”, Girardi said. The American League leader in rookie WAR is Tigers right-hander Michael Fulmer at 4.7, as the 23-year-old has gone 10-7 with a 3.03 ERA and 120 strikeouts in 148.2 innings.
Alex Cobb was rocked by the Yankees offense allowing seven earned run on nine hits while recording four outs.
“I’m disappointed”, Tanaka said. Brad Miller is at 128 hits with 70 runs, 30 homers and 77 RBI. Headley returned to New York’s lineup after missing three games because of back tightness. Corey Dickerson hit a solo homer in the sixth off Luis Cessa (4-3), who gave up two runs and six hits in six innings.
Yankees: Ellsbury didn’t rule out starting Wednesday.
“There are plenty of words – amazing, incredible, impressive”, Teixeira said after he, too, homered in the Yankees’ 5-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Advertisement
NOTES: The Rays on Thursday will place OF Steven Souza on the 60-day disabled list – he underwent hip surgery in Nashville on Wednesday – and will select INF Juniel Querecuto from Double-A Montgomery, adding him to the 40-man roster. The switch-hitting first baseman has hit 204 for the Yankees, moving him past Roger Maris and into a tie with Robinson Cano for 14th in franchise history.
