ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- What do you know, Gary Sanchez has a pulse!
His dead-as-a-doornail bat finally came alive Tuesday night at Tropicana Field in the form of a three-run homer and RBI single, the knockout punch and icing to a 9-2 Yankees spanking of the Tampa Bay Rays.
And believe it or not, Sanchez actually made it through a night of catching with no passed balls, no errors and no wild pitches by a Yankees pitcher, although the last pitch of the game got by him before being retrieved for a strikeout and throw to first.