Sanchez turning heads with impressive start

SEATTLE — As if the monstrous upper-deck home run on the first pitch he saw or the scalded double down the left-field line, or the two homers in the first game of this series weren’t enough, the first thing the traveling band of Yankees reporters wanted to hear about was how a 23-year-old catcher with 21 games of Major League experience could get walked intentionally twice in one game.

Add another chapter to the story of the Gary Sanchez joy ride, which continued unabated Wednesday in the Yankees’ 5-0 win over the Mariners. The prospect who has become a phenom in a few short weeks made his mark on yet another big league game, and now the history books, and he’s done it all in a hurry.

Batting third in the Yankees lineup against Seattle starter Hisashi Iwakuma on Wednesday afternoon, Sanchez hit a long home run, giving New York a 1-0 lead. Sanchez had entered the game with a staggering eight home runs in his first 69 Major League at-bats and quickly made it nine in 70.

“Outstanding,” Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka said through an interpreter when asked for his reaction to what Sanchez is doing these days. “Astonishing.”

He also could have said legendary, because the Yankees catcher, who has been assaulting …

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