the Mets will be looking for a spark Wednesday from Jose Reyes,

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Rookie Gary Sanchez keeps putting up numbers at an astounding rate -- and putting the New York Yankees in position to make a run at a playoff spot.Sanchez hit two more homers and drove in five runs, Masahiro Tanaka won despite allowing four home runs in the same inning and the Yankees beat Tampa Bay 11-5 on Wednesday night.Its hard to believe, New York manager Joe Girardi said of Sanchez. I havent seen anything like it.The Yankees moved within 2 1/2 games of Baltimore for the second AL wild-card spot. New York also would have to jump over Seattle, Houston and Detroit to earn a postseason berth.Sanchez homered in his fourth straight game. The catcher hit a three-run shot in a four-run second off Alex Cobb (1-1) and added his 19th homer in 43 games this season on a solo drive in the sixth against Justin Marks.What hes doing is so impressive, said teammate Brian McCann, who had four hits in his 1,500th major league game.Including two games last season, Sanchez became the first player in major league history to hit 19 homers in his first 45 games. Wally Berger, with the Boston Braves in 1930, went deep 19 times in his first 51 games.Its great when you achieve something like that, but what makes it better is that youre helping the team win, Sanchez said through a translator.Sanchez was hit on the left arm by a back swing in the ninth but stayed in the game and later said he was fine.Sanchez has eight shots in his last 12 games after a 10-game home-run drought.Tanaka (14-4) won his seventh straight decision. He was staked to a 7-0 lead entering the bottom of the third before Tampa Bay teed off.Bobby Wilson led off with a home run. After Tanaka got two consecutive outs, Evan Longoria, Brad Miller and Corey Dickerson hit three consecutive shots. The four home runs in an inning set a Rays record.Strange, Girardi said.Probably its a first, Tanaka added through a translator. The sharpness of the ball wasnt there tonight. So, it was a grind.Tanaka joined Zack Greinke, Collin McHugh and Justin Verlander as the only pitchers to give up four homers in an inning this season. He became the first Yankees pitcher to do it since Chase Wright on April 22, 2007, at Boston.Miller hit another solo shot in the eighth to give him 30 homers this season.Cobb, making his fourth start since returning from Tommy John surgery, allowed seven runs and nine hits in 1 1/3 innings.No concerns with the elbow, Cobb said. Im very thankful that Im healthy. 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NEW YORK -- Giancarlo Stanton was not one of the four Miami Marlins selected to the National League All-Star team Tuesday. But the two prodigious home runs he hit to single-handedly lift the Marlins to a 5-2 win over the New York Mets proved he is still a player who can carry his team during a pennant chase.Stanton, whose two-run homer in the seventh and three-run homer in the eighth accounted for all of the Marlins runs, matching his career high with five RBI, will attempt to build off his first two-homer game of the season when the Mets host Miami on Wednesday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series at Citi Field.Im coming back, coming back, Stanton said with a grin after lifting his average to .226. He has 17 homers and 45 RBI in 72 games.Its a long road from here. Thats why you dont worry about where youre at on the season stats. Just keep plugging away. Keep trying to win each day and know that by the end of the year, itll pan out.A productive Stanton can only help the Marlins make a push for their first playoff berth since 2003. Miami (44-40) is 1 1/2 games behind the Mets (45-38) in the race for the National Leagues second wild card.As rough as its looked at times, (he) still has a chance to (have) one of those 40 (homer) and 100 (RBI seasons), Marlins manager Don Mattingly said. You feel like hes going to be there. If he gets hot at all, its going to be a big boost for us.While the Marlins haave a known quantity in the former National League home run champion Stanton, the Mets will be looking for a spark Wednesday from Jose Reyes, who went 0-for-4 Tuesday in his first game back with his original major league club.ddddddddddddReyes, who was named to four All-Star Games as the Mets shortstop from 2003 through 2011, made his first career start at third base Tuesday and is expected to play there regularly the remainder of the season. He signed with the Mets June 25, hours after being released by the Colorado Rockies following the completion of his 51-game suspension for a domestic violence incident involving his wife last Halloween.This team, we went to the World Series last year, Reyes said. Weve got a good opportunity to go to the playoffs this year. This is the situation I was looking for for a long time.Reyes will bat leadoff whenever he is in the lineup for the Mets, who will be looking Wednesday to regain the offensive form they enjoyed in outscoring the Cubs and Marlins 40-17 during a five-game winning streak that ended Tuesday.Mets right-hander Jacob deGrom is scheduled to oppose Marlins left-hander Justin Nicolino. DeGrom is 3-1 with a 2.80 ERA in seven career starts against the Marlins while Nicolino is 0-0 with a 3.97 ERA in two career starts against the Mets. ' ' '