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As Gary Sanchez strode to the plate with the tying runs on base, a few teammates on the Yankees felt like something dramatic was about to happen.
Dellin Betances felt it. Giancarlo Stanton said so, too.
Sanchez’s three-run homer against Fernando Rodney emphatically transformed a sleepy two-run deficit in the ninth inning into a resounding 4-3 win over the Twins, providing the rolling Yanks their sixth straight win.
Of all of the accomplishments Sanchez already has accumulated in the whirlwind start to his career, the All-Star catcher never previously had ripped a walk-off hit of any kind in the majors.
“I think I had one in Triple-A, but just one,” Sanchez said through a smile and through his translator. “This was definitely the first in the big leagues.
“This definitely is up there, definitely a very exciting moment that I’ve had in the big leagues. The other special moment was when we made it to the playoffs (last