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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Alex Cobb lasted just four outs but the Tampa Bay Rays still got some positive news.The right-handers surgically repaired elbow got through it fine.Cobb, making his fourth start since returning from Tommy John surgery, allowed seven runs and nine hits as the Rays lost 11-5 to the New York Yankees on Wednesday night.No concerns with the elbow, Cobb said. Im very thankful that Im healthy. Theres no physical questions.Cobb gave up seven runs on nine hits and a walk. His ERA jumped from 3.06 to 6.16.In fairness to Alex, weve all got to allow him to go through this a little bit, Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. Hes been impressive with what hes done for us in three starts, and we all know hes more of the guy hes shown up until today.Gary Sanchez hit two more homers and drove in five runs and Masahiro Tanaka won despite allowing four home runs in the same inning for the Yankees.Sanchez homered in his fourth straight game. He hit a three-run shot in a four-run second off Cobb (1-1) and added his 19th homer in 43 games this season on a solo drive in the sixth against Justin Marks.We were talking on the bench, we were trying to figure out if weve ever seen anybody come up and do something like this, Cash said.Including two games last season, Sanchez became the first player in major league history to hit 19 homers in his first 45 games. Wally Berger, with the Boston Braves in 1930, went deep 19 times in his first 51 games.Sanchez was hit on the left arm by a back swing in the ninth but stayed in the game and later said he was fine.Tanaka (14-4) won his seventh straight decision. He was staked to a 7-0 lead entering the bottom of the third before Tampa Bay teed off.Bobby Wilson led off with a home run. After Tanaka got two consecutive outs, Evan Longoria, Brad Miller and Corey Dickerson hit three consecutive shots. The four home runs in an inning set a Rays record.Obviously tonight was a slugfest and we were on the wrong side of it, Miller said.Tanaka joined Zack Greinke, Collin McHugh and Justin Verlander as the only pitchers to give up four homers in an in inning this season. He became the first Yankees pitcher to do it since Chase Wright on April 22, 2007, at Boston.Miller hit another solo shot in the eighth to give him 30 homers this season.TRAINERS ROOMRays: OF Steven Souza Jr. had left hip surgery and is expected to be ready for spring training. ... UTL Nick Franklin, sidelined the past week with a strained left hamstring, popped out as a pinch-hitter in the ninth.POWER NUMBERSLongoria has five homers over his past nine games and 36 this season.UP NEXTYankees RHP Luis Cessa (4-2) and Rays LHP Blake Snell (5-8) are Thursday nights starters in a matchup of rookies. Elias Jersey . According to a report from the Vancouver Province, the Lions are expected to replace former DC Rich Stubler with defensive backs coach Mark Washington. Lucas Lima Jersey . He just needed to be his best twisting, turning acrobatic self. "I didnt need to be anybody else, I just needed to be myself and be aggressive," said Burks, who scored a career-high 34 points to spark the Utah Jazz to a 118-103 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Monday night. http://www.soccerbrazilonline.com/ . Duchene scored two goals and had an assist, helping the Colorado Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday night to match the best 10-game start in team history. Philippe Coutinho Jersey . Laudrup revealed Thursday he was notified of his dismissal in "the briefest of letters which gave no reasons why such hasty and final action was deemed necessary. Marcelo Grohe Jersey . Already owning gold from competition in Vancouver in 2010, Loch posted a combined four-run time of 3:27.526. That included a track-record third run of 51. SEATTLE -- Sue Bird hit a season-high five 3-pointers and scored 15 points to lead the Seattle Storm to a surprising 79-72 victory over the WNBA-leading Los Angeles Sparks on Friday night.Coming off her record seventh gold medal in international competition at the Olympics, Bird was 5 of 7 from behind the arc. She also had six assists, Olympic teammate Breanna Stewart made just 2 of 13 and scored five points, though she did have 11 rebounds.Crystal Langhorn had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Seattle, and Jewell Loyd haad 15 to help the Storm (10-15) match last seasons victory total.dddddddddddd.Bird, who has four Olympic and three world championship gold medals, opened the game with a 3 and Seattle never trailed. The Storm led 22-13 after one quarter, but the Sparks cut it to 31-28 at the half before Seattle surged ahead again.Nneka Ogwumike had 28 points for Los Angeles (21-4), 15 in the fourth quarter. ' ' '