Ben Rice went yard three times against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, powering the New York Yankees to victory and joining some exclusive lists in franchise history.
The rookie first baseman may have gone 1-for-4 against the Boston Red Sox on Friday night, but the Yankees lost that game in extra innings. On Saturday, Rice helped change the tone right off the bat by leading off the bottom of the first inning with a solo homer.
That marked Rice's second career big league home run, both of which have come in the last three days., Rice is the 11th player in Yankees history to hit a leadoff homer within their first two career homers, and only the third to do so since 1959.Rice crushed a three-run home run in the bottom of the fifth that made it 10-4 New York. When he got another at-bat in the seventh, Rice added another three-run bomb to make it 14-4.
Rice ended Saturday 3-for-5 with three home runs and seven RBI. He is now batting .294 with a .971 OPS on the season, boosting his batting average by 33 points and his OPS by 216 points in the span of one game.that Rice became the first rookie in Yankees history to post a three-homer game. He also joined Mike Yastrzemski and Andrew McCutchen as one of three rookies in MLB history to hit three home runs in a single game out of the leadoff spot.
Ben Rice is the 4th Yankees player *ever* with a 3-HR game against the Red Sox, joining Lou Gehrig , Mark Teixeira and Aaron Hicks .With Anthony Rizzo set to miss at least another month of action, the Yankees must be happy to have an explosive bat holding down the fort at first base in his absence. If he keeps hitting like he did Saturday, he will surely figure into New York's lineup even after Rizzo returns.
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