With one swing, Gary Sanchez achieved what he couldn’t in his previous 17 at-bats. With one swing, the Yankees catcher accomplished more than he had over his previous 17 games.

With one swing, Sanchez provided hope for the many hacks still ahead this season.

At the tail end of a week in which the All-Star catcher’s struggles sent him to the bench for back-to-back games, Sanchez broke a 17 at-bat hitless stretch and broke open Friday night’s 5-0 win over the Rays with a three-run, eighth-inning double.

In his final at-bat, Sanchez recorded more RBIs (three) than he had in his previous 17 games (two).

“Hopefully from now on, good things will come,” Sanchez said through a translator. “It definitely felt great. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to contribute on the offensive side. Getting a base hit at that moment and helping the team definitely felt great.”

For so much of this season, Sanchez has made it hard to remember his incredible offensive feats.

He hit the second-most home runs (65) through the first 216 games of his career in baseball history. In the incredible history of the Yankees, Sanchez is just one of four players (Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle are the others) with 10 multi-homer games by age 25.

But entering Friday night, Sanchez was slotted a season-low sixth in the lineup, having collected just four hits in his previous 55 at-bats (.073). He added three uninspiring groundouts Friday before stepping to the plate to face Jonny Venters with two outs and the bases loaded.

Sanchez, who made a clutch throw to gun down Willy Adames at second base to end the sixth inning, patiently took a first-pitch strike and laid off two balls before ripping a liner to right field. The ball dropped in front of a diving Johnny Field and kept rolling for the game-sealing hit.

Since last season, Sanchez is batting .444 (12-for-27) with the bases loaded, with 26 RBIs.

Even after the double, Sanchez’s season average sits at an unsightly .189. It’s hard to imagine it remaining there much longer.

“Honestly, with Gary, I really feel like every at-bat it could be turned around,” manager Aaron Boone said. “I feel like he’s close. I just feel like he’s fighting it, wanting it so bad, which I feel like has maybe gotten in his way a little bit.

“I feel like even through these struggles he’s been close all along. Hopefully this takes a little bit off his shoulders and before long we can look back at this as a bump in the road in the season.”