NEW YORK — In his latest peak performance on Saturday, Luis Severino took matters into his own hands — and glove.

Severino jumped to steal away a popup from catcher Gary Sanchez while pitching eight sharp innings, leading the Yankees over the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-1, in New York.

‘‘He didn’t say, ‘I got it’ and I was there,’’ Severino quipped. ‘‘So you know I went for the ball. He said, ‘You took it from my glove.’ ’’

Giancarlo Stanton and Sanchez hit back-to-back home runs in the fifth inning as New York won for the 13th time in 16 games. It was the Rays’ 18th loss in 22 games at Yankee Stadium.

Four pitches after Stanton connected for his 16th home run, Sanchez hit his 13th homer, snapping a homerless streak of 66 at-bats dating to May 19.

Severino (10-2) overwhelmed a weak-hitting Rays lineup that has produced one run over its last 21 innings. The 24-year-old righty gave up three hits, struck out nine, and walked two, tying Cleveland’s Corey Kluber for the AL win lead.

New York has won Severino’s last 12 starts going back to Sept. 3. During that span, he is 9-0 with an 1.75 ERA.

Severino showed off other talents, too.

In the fifth, Carlos Gomez led off with a popup high above the plate. As Sanchez looked into the sun trying to find the ball, Severino sprung off the mound. They were next to each other, slightly in foul ground, when Severino leaped to catch the ball, right above Sanchez’s mitt.

Took it right away from his best friend on the team, in fact.

‘‘I tried to block it a little bit more with the glove. I found the ball, I was in a good spot and I had it right there,’’ Sanchez said. ‘‘And I was surprised when I heard the steps. I think it was an instinct of his. He tried to assure his out.’’

Sanchez gave Severino a look, perhaps wondering why the pitcher came into the picture, before they went back to work.

Said Aaron Judge: ‘‘He’s an athlete. I think he is trying to win a Gold Glove.’’

The play on Gomez came during a stretch of 11 straight batters Severino retired before Joey Wendle singled with two outs in the seventh. Severino then threw a 99-mile-per-hour fastball past Gomez to strike him out.

Severino was perfect in the eighth, and Chasen Shreve relieved to begin the ninth.

Matt Duffy hit a leadoff homer against Shreve, his fourth round-tripper this year, cutting the lead to 4-1, and Jake Bauers followed with a triple that bounced out of center fielder Aaron Hicks’s glove.

Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman then set down the next three batters for his 20th save in 21 chances.

The Rays have lost 12 of their last 16 games and have one more game in the Bronx on Sunday before continuing their seven-game road trip Monday with three games at defending champion Houston.

‘‘No matter what stage, rebuild or expected to win or whatever, losing always tends to be something that is not fun,’’ Duffy said. ‘‘We have some adjustments to make.’’

Aaron Boone has gotten accustomed to it since taking over as the Yankees manager.

‘‘Obviously, any time he goes I feel great about it,’’ Boone said. ‘‘He’s a great pitcher. He’s establishing himself as one of the best in the game and he gave us a lot today.’’

New York didn’t fare too well against Ryne Stanek, who allowed a hit and struck out one over 1⅓ scoreless inning on Tampa Bay’s designated ‘‘bullpen day.’’

Ryan Yarbrough (5-3) gave up a run in the second on rookie Gleyber Torres’s two-out double. Didi Gregorius hit an RBI single in the third.