Ben Rice lifted from game with apparent injury
The superstar first baseman left the game in the fourth inning of the Yankees’ Sunday tilt with Baltimore.
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 02: Ben Rice #22 of the New York Yankees runs to first base during the game between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, May 2, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Jonathan Pensiero/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images Burgeoning Yankee superstar Ben Rice was removed in the fourth inning from Sunday’s game with the Orioles at Yankee Stadium. It was not immediately apparent why Rice, who slugged his 12th home run of the season in the first, exited the game.
Paul Goldschmidt entered to replace him. There was only a small smattering of clues that the YES broadcast could go on following Rice’s removal. Max Fried had made a couple of pickoff throws to Rice in previous innings, one of which appeared to somewhat handcuff him.
Rice went on to take his next at-bat, in which he hit a somewhat-fluky opposite-field double on a pop fly (. 040 xBA). It did not seem that Rice was injured on the swing or while running the bases.
He scored on Aaron Judge’s subsequent home run. View Link Needless to say, this is an ominous sign. Rice has been Judge’s stellar co-star in the Yankee order, hitting .