Sanchez homers again, Tanaka rolls as Yankees blank Mariners

Seattle (ap) — rookie gary sanchez saved up his torrid stretch along with his 7th domestic run inside the past nine video games, and masahiro tanaka won his fourth immediately begin, leading the new york yankees to a 5-zero win over the seattle mariners on wednesday.
Tanaka (eleven-4) threw seven shutout innings and were given the better of the mariners and his former japan league teammate hisashi iwakuma (14-nine).
The yankees won their third instantly avenue collection. They took two of three from the mariners, one of the teams they're chasing within the al wild-card race.
Sanchez homered into the second deck in left subject in the first inning on the primary pitch from iwakuma, his 9th domestic run in 18 games given that joining the yankees lineup on aug. 3.
Sanchez brought a double later in the game and his intentional stroll within the seventh inning caused mark teixeira's rbi unmarried for a 4-0 lead. The mariners took no probabilities with the new catcher the following time, both, again intentionally walking him.