This wasn’t a hit Gary Sanchez will necessarily cherish. He admitted it was more about good fortune than skill, the ball finding the right spot.
“I just threw the bat at it. I got lucky there,” Sanchez said of his opposite-field, go-ahead, two-run single in the Yankees’ 5-3 win over the Astros Wednesday night in The Bronx.
With the bases loaded and two outs in the fifth inning, the Astros went into a shift, leaving a canyon-size space open on the right side of the infield. So Sanchez sent a 1-2 Dallas Keuchel fastball in that exact spot, turning a one-run deficit into a one-run lead.