that Ive had.He had a lot of faith in me too, more than anyone I dare say so, and also gives me confidence.The Resilience workshop, founded and run by Hugh van Cuylenburg, also touched a lot of bases with Wig

SEATTLE -- It took little time for Yankees rookie Gary Sanchez to receive the type of respect normally reserved for established veterans considered among the elite hitters.Seven home runs in the past nine games will quickly earn anyone respect. And in the case of Sanchez in Wednesdays 5-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners that torrid stretch led to him receiving two intentional walks just so the Mariners could face Mark Teixeira instead.You dont see it very often. You really dont, New York manager Joe Girardi said. It means that (Seattle manager) Scott Servais is paying attention to how he is swinging, number one, besides just here in Seattle. It just says a lot about him, his abilities.Sanchezs home run in the first inning and Masahiro Tanaka winning his fourth straight start helped the Yankees take two of three from the Mariners and close on one of the teams theyre chasing in the AL wild-card race. The Yankees won their third straight road series.Tanaka (11-4) threw seven innings and got the better of the Mariners and his former Japan league teammate Hisashi Iwakuma (14-9).And yet he was overshadowed by Sanchez.Its outstanding, astonishing, Tanaka said through an interpreter.Sanchez homered into the second deck in left field in the first inning on the first pitch from Iwakuma, his ninth home run in 18 games since joining the Yankees lineup on Aug. 3. He became the fifth player since 1913 to have nine or more home runs in his first 21 games. Trevor Story of Colorado had 10 homers in his first 21 games earlier this season.Sanchez added a double later in the game and his intentional walk in the seventh inning led to Teixeiras RBI single for a 4-0 lead. The Mariners took no chances with the new catcher the next time, either, again intentionally walking him.The walks seemed almost as impressive as the surge of home runs.I definitely was not expecting that, especially that last at-bat because I think there was no outs so I thought they would let me hit, Sanchez said through an interpreter. But they didnt.Tanaka was shaky early, escaping jams in the second and third innings before rolling the rest of the way. He followed up 7 2/3 shutout innings in his last start against the Angels by keeping Seattle off the scoreboard, allowing six hits and striking out five.Tanaka did issue his first bases on ball since July 27 when he walked Seth Smith in the third inning, and snapped his streak of three consecutive starts with at least eight strikeouts and no walks.After Ketel Marte bunted for a single with one out in the fifth, Tanaka retired his final eight batters.They pitched us well all series. We havent been shut down like that in quite some time, Servais said.Dellin Betances got the final out of the eighth and pitched the ninth for his sixth save.Seattles best scoring chance came in the second inning when Leonys Martin missed a two-run homer by inches, settling for a line drive single off the top of the fence in right field and advanced Adam Lind to third base. Tanaka got two groundouts to end the threat.Iwakuma lost his second straight start despite giving up just three earned runs. It was the second time he matched up with Tanaka and 13th time in major league history two Japanese pitchers met. Tanaka also got the victory in April when the two met at Yankee Stadium.REACHING 800Girardi became the sixth manager in Yankees history to reach 800 wins, joining Joe McCarthy, Joe Torre, Casey Stengel, Miller Huggins and Ralph Houk.TRAINERS ROOMYankees: C Brian McCann was given the day off after catching Tuesdays game. 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There was a point earlier this NRL season where Jack Wighton felt things were falling apart.Handling errors, poor decisions, missed tackles.It wasnt for a lack of trying; the Canberra fullback was simply trying too hard.Not to impress coach Ricky Stuart, Australian or State of Origin selectors; he just didnt want to let down his teammates.Thats when the pressure comes, he told AAP ahead of Saturdays grand final qualifier against Melbourne.I know I can play football - Ive been doing it for a few years now.I was doing all the hard work, I was just overplaying my hand. Thats why things were falling apart a bit.I was thinking when was it going to change?Wighton had a night to forget back in May, when his no-look pass 15m out from his own line in extra time handed St George Illawarra a 16-12 golden point victory.Former NSW halfback Brett Kimmorley suggested at the time that moment could be the making of the 23-year-old.And he might not have been far off.I was getting too caught up in what was going wrong instead of appreciating that I was actually out there, Wighton said.Once I realised that, my perspective on the whole game just changed.The Indigenous All Star put his transformation down to two things: Raiders assistant coach Mick Crawley and The Resilience Project - an NRL-funded program to help players deal with mental health.dddddddddddd.Wighton said Crawley had been unreal in helping him stress less.He explains football like no other that Ive had.He had a lot of faith in me too, more than anyone I dare say so, and also gives me confidence.The Resilience workshop, founded and run by Hugh van Cuylenburg, also touched a lot of bases with Wighton, both personally and professionally.Its just about enjoying now and being appreciative of the opportunity not many people have, he said.I think that was massive for me.Ive got a beautiful girlfriend and a pretty little daughter, and theyve been helping a lot with my footy this year. Im so, so lucky.Wighton has been touted by many as a future representative star, including current Australia coach and Queensland and Raiders legend Mal Meninga.The Green Machine custodian hopes his hard work one day pays off in the form of a Kangaroos and/or NSW jumper, but hes not getting ahead of himself.If I fix my game here and if Im good enough, hopefully someone will take me. ' ' '