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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Rays found out the hard way that Gary Sanchez is no ordinary rookie.Sanchez hit his 17th homer in 42 games this season, a three-run shot off Brad Boxberger in a four-run seventh inning that sent the New York Yankees past the Rays 5-3 on Tuesday night.He did a good job on a first-pitch slider from me, Boxberger said. Its probably not on the scouting report too much, so to be able to do what he did is pretty impressive.Sanchez gave the banged-up Yankees a 5-2 lead with his drive to left-center. It was the young catchers sixth home run in 11 games following a 10-game drought.The decisive hit came after Tampa Bay opted not to walk Sanchez with first base open and two outs.Had Boxy fallen behind, maybe youd think about it, but this is a guy whos gotten a lot of big outs for us in the past and trust him to get outs, Rays manager Kevin Cash said.Boxberger (4-3) has struggled recently, losing in three of his last four appearances. He has allowed 10 earned runs over 8 2/3 innings in his last 10 games.Sanchez tied Wally Berger of the 1930 Boston Braves for the most homers by a big league player through 44 career games, according to Baseball-Reference data available through 1913.Drew Smyly allowed one run over six innings for the Rays. The left-hander has not lost in 11 consecutive starts, including six no-decisions.I was being efficient, Smyly said. I felt I had control of the game for the most part.Brad Miller put the Rays up 2-0 with a two-run triple in the third.Mark Teixeira hit a solo shot in the fourth for New York, which was swept in a four-game series at Boston last weekend and had lost seven of eight overall.It was Teixeiras 407th homer, which tied Duke Snider for 54th place on baseballs career list. The switch-hitting first baseman has hit 204 for the Yankees, moving him past Roger Maris and into a tie with Robinson Cano for 14th in franchise history.Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury (bruised right knee), third baseman Chase Headley (back spasms) and second baseman Starlin Castro (strained right hamstring) were all out of the lineup for the second straight game.Luis Severino (3-8) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn the win. Dellin Betances got three outs for his 12th save, and the Yankees snapped a five-game skid.New York starter Michael Pineda gave up two runs and struck out 11 in 5 1/3 innings.TRAINERS ROOMYankees: Ellsbury didnt rule out starting Wednesday. ... Headley could be back late this week.Rays: OF Steven Souza Jr. (left hip) and 1B Logan Morrison (left wrist) will have surgery Wednesday. ... 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Missouri will be playing for its comfortable lounge chairs when it faces No. 20 Arizona on Saturday (noon ET, ESPN2).Tigers coach Kim Anderson took away three luxuries from his team as punishment following its 62-52 home loss to North Carolina Central on Nov. 28.Missouri (5-3) is 2-0 since then, earning back the right to wear its normal practice gear and to have student managers at practice, chasing down rebounds for the team and helping clean up.If the Tigers can upset Arizona (7-2) in Columbia, Mo., they would gain back their locker room chairs, which were replaced by metal folding chairs.The Wildcats are coming off a 79-57 home victory over UC Irvine on Tuesday, but they could be ripe to be upset.Arizona, which will be without point guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright (high ankle sprain) for the third game, has been competing with seven scholarship players. Sophomore guard Allonzo Trier, who averaged 14.8 points per game last season, has not played due to an undisclosed eligibility issue. He is practicing with the team, but school officials have not commented on a timetable for his potential return.Senior Kadeem Allen moved over from shooting guard to handle the point guard position. Allen was the starting point guard for much of last season, but he has eight turnovers in the past two games. Jackson-Cartwright had only 11 in seven starts.Hes turning the ball over more, and I think some of it is fatigue, Arizona coach Sean Miller said of Allen. He guards the other teams best player, and he uses a ton of energy there.Miller, who almost never strays from his pack-line, man-to-man defense, used about five minutes of 2/3 zone in the second half against UC Irvine in an effort to keep his players fresher and to avoid further foul trouble.ddddddddddddThe other thing is were really big, Miller said. Thats one of the strengths of our current group. So if you think about that back line and the guards, using that size is probably a smart move. ... I think working on it and using it at the appropriate time, thats probably what well do.Doing so against Missouri might be a good idea.The Tigers are shooting just 29.1 percent from 3-point range (51 of 175) and 41.4 percent overall. They shot 25 percent from the field (17 of 68) in the loss to North Carolina Central.Freshman guard Frankie Hughes leads the Tigers with 14.0 points per game. Forward Kevin Puryear is averaging 12.5.Missouri did get hot while scoring 55 second-half points Tuesday in an 81-55 home win over Miami (Ohio).When the shots werent falling, it started to weigh on us a little bit, said Puryear, who scored 19 against the Redhawks. We were kind of over-analyzing the game. Then when you see the ball go through, it built a great amount of confidence for us.Arizona is led in scoring by a trio of freshmen -- 7-foot forward Lauri Markkanen (17.8), wing Rawle Alkins (11.8) and guard Kobi Simmons (11.2). Center Dusan Ristic is averaging 9.7 points and has two double-doubles this season.Missouri often plays with a lineup in which its tallest player is 6-8. Arizona rotates four frontcourt players who are 6-9 and taller.The teams played last season in Tucson, with the Wildcats winning 88-52 as the Tigers shot just 30.4 percent. ' ' '