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- Updated: August 27, 2016
NEW YORK — Gary Sanchez continued a sensational opening act to his big league career on Friday, homering among his three hits and driving in four runs to help the Yankees trounce the Orioles, 14-4, at Yankee Stadium.
Sanchez’s two-run homer in the fifth inning marked his 10th in his first 22 Major League games, having been recalled from the Minors earlier this month. The slugging 23-year-old also contributed a two-run double as part of a six-run second inning, in which the Yankees sent 12 men to the plate and knocked right-hander Yovani Gallardo out of the game.
Gallardo was charged with eight runs (seven earned) in just 1 1/3 innings. Mark Teixeira and Chase Headley also hit two-run homers for New York, while Baltimore’s Manny Machado homered twice off Yankees starter Luis Cessa, who worked six innings of three-run ball to earn his second victory in as many Major League starts.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDThere’s something about Gary: Sanchez punctuated his three-hit night loudly with a long drive to left field off reliever Vance Worley, becoming the third player in Major League history to hit 10 home runs in his first 22 career games. He joined Trevor Story (10, 2016 Rockies) and George Scott (10, 1966 Red Sox) in that group, and Sanchez’s 10 homers in August have established a Yankees rookie record, surpassing Joe DiMaggio (nine, …
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