Gary Sanchez lifts the New York Yankees with a momentum of 479 feet

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Sanchez, who scored one in five doubles with both home runs, four RBIs and two strikeouts, dominated the Yankees' stats line. It was the second time this year that he was playing a two-circuit and four-point match against the Red Sox. He also did it on April 11 during an early season match at Fenway Park.

While he was starting the second run of the last game against a pitcher that he possessed throughout his career, Sanchez imposed himself by lining a ball on the seats at the top of the wall. left 37 feet. The solo blast was his sixth in the 15th regular season in career and playoff against David Price.

The home race also followed Aaron Judge's 445-foot solo first leg off the Boston southpaw, giving the Yankees a quick 2-0 lead.

"The pitch for Sanchez was low, but he was leaning over there, take out his head and hit it from the ball," said Alex Cora, Red Sox coach.

Five innings later, Sanchez crushed a less-well-placed pitch, leaving Eduardo Rodriguez's two-sided fastball well past the high center-left wall.

"I would say I just pitched in the middle," Rodriguez said. "It's what happens when you miss it in the middle of the plate."

The three point clear shot opened the game at 6-1. It has become the second longest circuit in series of the Statcast (since 2015). Last October, Willson Contreras managed a 491-foot circuit for the Cubs.

Sanchez 's second circuit was also the longest Yankees circuit in post – season of the Statcast, beating the circuit in the first round of the judge who had just passed first place on that list. The judge's circuit was two feet farther than Giancarlo Stanton's Wednesday wild card match at Yankee Stadium.

"I mean, everyone knows that the judge has a lot more power than me," said Sanchez, speaking through an interpreter. "I do not need to tell anyone, but a circuit is a circuit and if we have the opportunity to score points like that, even if it's 300 feet , I'll take it."

After two nights at home, Sanchez joined Yogi Berra as the only Yankees coach to win multiple playoff circuits. Berra had two in the seventh game of the 1956 World Series.

"I really did not know it, but I can tell you that it's an honor to be mentioned in the same sentence as him, a baseball legend," Sanchez said. "It's an honor for me."

Exactly 40 years ago, Munson, another venerable Yankees catcher, dominated in eighth place to help New York win the third game of ALCS. Eleven days later, New York wins its 22nd world series.

Between home runs, Sanchez had trouble with Red Sox reliever Ryan Brasier following Sanchez's repeated attempts to get out of the batter's field in his fifth innings.

At one point, Sanchez's delay tactic provoked Brazier's anger. The cameras surprised him by saying to the receiver: "Go back to the box f —– g." Sanchez finally did. This appearance in the plaque came to an end with the fact that he swayed and disappeared at a fastball of 97 mph.

"The reason why [I called time out] That's because my hands were a bit numb with a crazy ball, "Sanchez told ESPN's Olney Buster on the field after the match. I saw that he had mentioned something to go into the surface, but you know that such things will happen in a game. So no problem. "

Sanchez's sudden offensive explosion came at a time when he needed it the most. He has just had a difficult regular season. This is one in which he beat .186 and had two relays from the disabled list due to groin injuries. He has also led all major league receivers this season in the successful passes with 18.