Photo by Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez just keeps raking.
With his home run Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles, the rookie became the fastest player to reach 11 career home runs, doing so in just 23 games. It was also the third consecutive game in which Sanchez had homered.
Through 21 games this season, Sanchez is hitting .400 with 11 home runs and 21 RBI. His eleven home runs this month are also the most for a rookie in one month since Ryan Braun hit 11 for the Milwaukee Brewers in July 2007. The last American League rookie to hit more in a month was Mark McGwire with 15 for the Oakland A’s in May 1987.
The Yankee Stadium crowd gave Sanchez a curtain call on Saturday. Speaking through a translator after the game, he said it was the first curtain call he’d ever gotten, adding that “it’s very exciting to hear your name being called out by the fans. It’s a very exciting moment.”
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