ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Rays found out the hard way that Gary Sanchez is no ordinary rookie.Sanchez hit his 17th homer in 42 games this season, a three-run shot off Brad Boxberger in a four-run seventh inning that sent the New York Yankees past the Rays 5-3 on Tuesday night.He did a good job on a first-pitch slider from me, Boxberger said. Its probably not on the scouting report too much, so to be able to do what he did is pretty impressive.Sanchez gave the banged-up Yankees a 5-2 lead with his drive to left-center. It was the young catchers sixth home run in 11 games following a 10-game drought.The decisive hit came after Tampa Bay opted not to walk Sanchez with first base open and two outs.Had Boxy fallen behind, maybe youd think about it, but this is a guy whos gotten a lot of big outs for us in the past and trust him to get outs, Rays manager Kevin Cash said.Boxberger (4-3) has struggled recently, losing in three of his last four appearances. He has allowed 10 earned runs over 8 2/3 innings in his last 10 games.Sanchez tied Wally Berger of the 1930 Boston Braves for the most homers by a big league player through 44 career games, according to Baseball-Reference data available through 1913.Drew Smyly allowed one run over six innings for the Rays. The left-hander has not lost in 11 consecutive starts, including six no-decisions.I was being efficient, Smyly said. I felt I had control of the game for the most part.Brad Miller put the Rays up 2-0 with a two-run triple in the third.Mark Teixeira hit a solo shot in the fourth for New York, which was swept in a four-game series at Boston last weekend and had lost seven of eight overall.It was Teixeiras 407th homer, which tied Duke Snider for 54th place on baseballs career list. The switch-hitting first baseman has hit 204 for the Yankees, moving him past Roger Maris and into a tie with Robinson Cano for 14th in franchise history.Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury (bruised right knee), third baseman Chase Headley (back spasms) and second baseman Starlin Castro (strained right hamstring) were all out of the lineup for the second straight game.Luis Severino (3-8) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn the win. Dellin Betances got three outs for his 12th save, and the Yankees snapped a five-game skid.New York starter Michael Pineda gave up two runs and struck out 11 in 5 1/3 innings.TRAINERS ROOMYankees: Ellsbury didnt rule out starting Wednesday. ... Headley could be back late this week.Rays: OF Steven Souza Jr. (left hip) and 1B Logan Morrison (left wrist) will have surgery Wednesday. ... Utility man Nick Franklin (left hamstring) might not play again this season.UP NEXTYankees: RHP Masahiro Tanaka (13-4), who is 6-0 in his last eight starts, takes the ball Wednesday night. He is 5-0 in seven career starts against the Rays.Rays: RHP Alex Cobb (1-0) makes his fourth start since returning from Tommy John surgery. Mark Ingram Jr. Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Lance Moore Jersey . "I dont know that were close," said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. "I just think, right now, the acquisition cost just doesnt work for us right now. I dont know if I can quantify how far off or things like that that they might be but I would say we continue to have dialogue. https://www.saintsjerseyssale.com/1953f-krishawn-hogan-jersey-saints.html . Carey Price didnt, but he still came out on top against one of his rivals for the No. 1 job at the Sochi Games. The Anahim Lake, B.C., native was stellar in making 39 saves in his home province and Lars Eller got credit for a bizarre short-handed winner as the Canadiens defeated the Canucks 4-1. Brian Hansen Jersey . Having already announced that the race will start May 9 with three stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland and finish in Trieste on June 1, the rest of the route was unveiled Monday. George Rogers Jersey . Jordan Lynch, the all-purpose Heisman Trophy finalist from Northern Illinois, failed to make it into that exclusive club. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Tyra Buss scored 15 points and Amanda Cahill added 12 as No. 23 Indiana rolled to a 71-37 win over Presbyterian on Friday in the season opener for both teams.Presbyterian was up 7-6 midway through the first quarter after Kaycie Reffner drilled a 3-pointer but the Hoosiers went on a 13-2 run to lead a 19-9 after one quarter.After the Blue Hose closed to seven, Indiana went on another run to lead 38-21 at the half and was not threatened. Cahill had 11 rebounds as Indiana had a 40-18 advantage on the boards.ddddddddddddThe Hoosiers shot 56 percent (30 of 54) and limited the Blue Hose to 36 percent (16 of 45) and 19 turnovers.Buss needs three points to be the fastest Hoosier to reach 1,000 points.Janie Miles had 12 points for the Blue Hose, who only played seven players and didnt get any points from reserves. ' ' '