Sanchez, Romine catch a break

Gary Sanchez and Austin Romine will have their suspension appeal hearings Friday, but MLB’s decision likely won’t be rendered until Tuesday or Wednesday because the league’s offices are closed for Labor Day weekend.

Such a timetable means the Yankees won’t lose Sanchez and Romine for any of the three remaining games against the Red Sox this weekend. The decisions could impact their availability for a threegame series against the Orioles that starts Monday in Baltimore, but manager Joe Girardi doesn’t expect to lose Sanchez and Romine at the same time.

“What I understand is that both players won’t be suspended at the same time,’’ Girardi said.

Sanchez was suspended for four games and Romine two for their roles in an Aug. 24 brawl with the Tigers.

Players will be represented by a Players Association representative and the hearings will be held in the morning or early afternoon so Sanchez and Romine can attend if they wish. Romine, on Thursday, wasn’t sure if he would sit in.

Journeyman catcher Erik Kratz, acquired from the Indians on Thursday, will be with the Yankees on Friday when big-league rosters are expanded from 25. Kratz, 37, hit .270 with 13 homers and 37 RBIs in 86 games with Triple-A Columbus this year.

Girardi had Aroldis Chapman throwing in the seventh inning but sent David Robertson back for a second inning of work in the eighth. Then with a five-run lead in the ninth, Dellin Betances surfaced from the bullpen. And when Betances ran into tur- bulence, Girardi got Tommy Kahnle up.

Because Chapman hasn’t appeared in a game since last Friday and underwent an MRI on his left elbow Sunday, Girardi was asked if his former closer was healthy and he said he was fine.

Matt Holliday will rejoin the Yankees on Friday night.

The veteran DH has been on the DL since Aug. 5 with a left lumbar strain and hit .229 (8-for-35) without a homer and five RBIs in 10 combined minor league rehab games.