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- Updated: August 27, 2016
NEW YORK — Though it may be hard to see them through his recent dominance, Gary Sanchez has teammates. And those teammates are playing some pretty good baseball right now.
Since Sanchez was called up on Aug. 3, the Yankees have been on a tear, winning 14 of their 22 games, including a 13-5 win over Baltimore on Saturday at Yankee Stadium, and clawing back to within 2 1/2 games of an American League Wild Card spot. And sure, Sanchez’s 11 home runs and 21 RBIs have been a huge part of that. But the eight other men around him in the lineup day-in and day-out have done more than just follow in his lead.
Dating back to Aug. 3, the Yankees are hitting .283 as a team, a little over 10 percent better than their season average. Over that same stretch, Yankees not named Gary Sanchez have smacked 28 home runs, more than one per game, and driven in 105 runs.
“We’ve gotten a lot of production up and down the lineup, which to me is a big difference,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “Everyone seems to be contributing. We’re swinging the bats extremely well, and hopefully it …
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