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WATCH: Yankees' Gary Sanchez blasts home run on 1st pitch of rehab

VIDEO: Gary Sanchez homers to right center field on the first pitch he sees from Mark Appel. pic.twitter.com/d6hHx04Tcv

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Gary Sanchez might not need a full rehab assignment to prove he's healthy.

After all, the Yankees catcher homered on the first pitch he saw.

Sanchez blasted a home run to right-center field in the first inning of Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's game against the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs at Coca Cola Park on Tuesday.

Sanchez's solo bomb just kept carrying as winds whipped high above the field. The next inning, light-hitting first baseman Cito Culver homered to the same spot, bringing in three runs to give Scranton a 4-0 lead.