Yankees rout Orioles 13-5

With each day, with every swing, this run by Gary Sanchez becomes even more remarkable.

NEW YORK >> With each day, with every swing, this run by Gary Sanchez becomes even more remarkable.

The New York Yankees rookie hit a home run for the third straight game Saturday, highlighting a 13-5 rout over the Baltimore Orioles.

Sanchez hit a drive that bounced off the top of the right-center field wall and over. He reached 11 career home runs faster than anyone in major league history — 23 games, including two hitless games last year.

“It’s fun to watch,” teammate Starlin Castro said. “Every time he goes to the plate, we feel like something is going to happen in a good way.”

The 11 homers are the most in a month by a rookie since Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun hit 11 in July 2007, and are the most by an American League rookie since Oakland’s Mark McGwire hit 15 in

May 1987.

After the switch-hitting catcher connected, the crowd of 38,843 emphatically chanted his name. Mark Teixeira stepped out of the batter’s box, pausing the game and allowing the 23-year-old to tip his batting helmet to the fans from the top of the dugout steps.

Sanchez said it was his first curtain call. “It’s very exciting to hear your name being called out by the fans. It’s a very exciting moment,”

he said through a translator.

Sanchez is now hitting .400 with 21 RBIs in 21 games this year. Castro and Aaron Hicks also homered as the Yankees won their fourth in a row. A day after trouncing the Orioles 144, New York moved within 2 ½ games of them for the second AL wild-card spot. Chris Davis homered twice and Mark Trumbo hit his big league-leading 39th home run for Baltimore, which has dropped three straight.

Every Yankees starter has gotten a hit in back-toback games for the first time since July 26-27, 2009.