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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Rookie Gary Sanchez keeps putting up numbers at an astounding rate -- and putting the New York Yankees in position to make a run at a playoff spot.Sanchez hit two more homers and drove in five runs, Masahiro Tanaka won despite allowing four home runs in the same inning and the Yankees beat Tampa Bay 11-5 on Wednesday night.Its hard to believe, New York manager Joe Girardi said of Sanchez. I havent seen anything like it.The Yankees moved within 2 1/2 games of Baltimore for the second AL wild-card spot. New York also would have to jump over Seattle, Houston and Detroit to earn a postseason berth.Sanchez homered in his fourth straight game. The catcher hit a three-run shot in a four-run second off Alex Cobb (1-1) and added his 19th homer in 43 games this season on a solo drive in the sixth against Justin Marks.What hes doing is so impressive, said teammate Brian McCann, who had four hits in his 1,500th major league game.Including two games last season, Sanchez became the first player in major league history to hit 19 homers in his first 45 games. Wally Berger, with the Boston Braves in 1930, went deep 19 times in his first 51 games.Its great when you achieve something like that, but what makes it better is that youre helping the team win, Sanchez said through a translator.Sanchez was hit on the left arm by a back swing in the ninth but stayed in the game and later said he was fine.Sanchez has eight shots in his last 12 games after a 10-game home-run drought.Tanaka (14-4) won his seventh straight decision. He was staked to a 7-0 lead entering the bottom of the third before Tampa Bay teed off.Bobby Wilson led off with a home run. After Tanaka got two consecutive outs, Evan Longoria, Brad Miller and Corey Dickerson hit three consecutive shots. The four home runs in an inning set a Rays record.Strange, Girardi said.Probably its a first, Tanaka added through a translator. The sharpness of the ball wasnt there tonight. So, it was a grind.Tanaka joined Zack Greinke, Collin McHugh and Justin Verlander as the only pitchers to give up four homers in an inning this season. He became the first Yankees pitcher to do it since Chase Wright on April 22, 2007, at Boston.Miller hit another solo shot in the eighth to give him 30 homers this season.Cobb, making his fourth start since returning from Tommy John surgery, allowed seven runs and nine hits in 1 1/3 innings.No concerns with the elbow, Cobb said. Im very thankful that Im healthy. Theres no physical questions.TRAINERS ROOMYankees: 3B Chase Headley was out of the lineup for the third straight game but hopes to play Thursday.Rays: OF Steven Souza Jr. had left hip surgery and is expected to be ready for spring training.TANAKA TIMETanaka had not given a homer in 17 of his previous 30 starts this season. ... Tanaka threw two wild pitches with Jaff Decker batting in the second, including one that became lodged under the pad on the wall behind the plate. ... Tanaka is 6-0 against Tampa Bay, including four wins this season.UP NEXTYankees RHP Luis Cessa (4-2) and Rays LHP Blake Snell (5-8) are Thursday nights starters in a matchup of rookies. Cheap Villanova Wildcats Jerseys China . With their top three point guards and Kobe Bryant all sidelined by injury, the Lakers signed Marshall out of the D-League on Friday before their home game against Minnesota. Cheap Wake Forest Demon Deacons Jerseys China . 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SAN DIEGO -- The firing of Fredi Gonzalez by the Atlanta Braves in May has left Major League Baseball sensitive to the lack of Latino managers.The absence of a Latino manager is glaring, Commissioner Rob Manfred told the Baseball Writers Association of America on Tuesday. There are 30 jobs and there are 30 high-turnover jobs when youre talking about field managers, and youre going to have an ebb and flow in terms of diversity, given that there is no central authority sitting above the 30 clubs saying, look, we want to have this makeup among these employees.MLB often celebrates its diversity. Among 864 players on opening day rosters, disabled lists and the restricted list, 82 were born in the Dominican Republic, 63 in Venezuela, 23 in Cuba and 17 in Puerto Rico.I firmly believe that having as diverse a system as possible from top to bottom is beneficial to the industry, so not just on the field, off it as well, union head Tony Clark said. And to be in a position where we dont have those that reflect our membership in positions of leadership is disappointing.Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera, a two-time AL MVP, was surprised when the lack of Latin managers wass pointed out to him Monday.ddddddddddddHow can it be possible? he said. It appears strange to me that there are so many Latino players and not a single manager. Maybe something needs to be done in order to give them more opportunities.In addition, there are just two black managers: Dusty Baker of the Washington Nationals and Dave Roberts of the Los Angeles Dodgers, whose father is African-American and whose mother is Japanese. There were 10 minority managers as recently as 2009, according to Richard Lapchick of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida.Manfred said engaging the African-American community is a priority for MLB, both for developing players and fans.Its not just we want to do the right thing because of Jackie Robinsons legacy, he said. It is an economic imperative for us because our country is becoming more and more diverse, and we have to put a playing complement on the field that reflects the United States.---Associated Press writer Luis Ruiz contributed to this report. ' ' '