Yankees' Ben Rice leaves game with bruised left hand

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Sunday, May 3, 2026 11:33PM
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NEW YORK -- Yankees first baseman Ben Rice left Sunday's game against the Baltimore Orioles with a bruised left hand after fielding a pickoff throw by Max Fried.

Rice was replaced by Paul Goldschmidt after the Yankees batted in the third. In the top half, Rice grimaced after taking a low pickoff toss from Fried with Leody Taveras on first.

"I read that the throw was going to going to be low. I thought it was going to be a little lower than it actually was," Rice said after New York's 11-3 win. "So I kind of went down quickly like it was going to be in the dirt and then it kind of just stayed up at the end. So I caught it poorly, kind of hit in the palm."

The Yankees said X-rays were negative and Rice is day to day.

Rice homered in the first inning before doubling and scoring on Aaron Judge's two-run homer in the third. Rice is hitting .343 with 12 homers and 27 RBI in 33 games, including 25 starts at first base.

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