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Ben Rice comes up big in win over Braves

Ben Rice

NYY 1st Baseman #22

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Ben Rice went 1-for-5 with an RBI in Friday’s 3-2 win over the Braves.

With two outs in the bottom of the ninth and the Yankees trailing 2-1, Rice stepped up to the plate with runners on first and second. The slumping slugger made the most of a big spot when he ripped a long single off Braves closer Raisel Iglesias to bring home Austin Wells and tie the game at 2-2. Rice’s hit came up just short of hitting a walk-off homer and wound up forcing extra innings in a game they trailed in all night. It was a much-needed big hit for Rice, who is now 1-for-18 at the plate in the month of August.

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Ben Rice went 1-for-5 with a two-run homer as the Yankees beat the Blue Jays 4-3 in 10 innings on Sunday afternoon.

Rice entered Sunday hitting .091 in 13 games this month. The most troubling aspect of this slump is a strikeout rate north of 30%. He only struck out once this afternoon, and the homer goes a long way toward easing concerns about his rest-of-season outlook. Rice got off to such a strong start that his second-half struggles have been waved away somewhat. It hasn’t helped that the entire Yankee lineup has scuffled for most of the summer. Cody Bellinger is at least beginning a rehab assignment this week, though the potential return of Aaron Judge is what will truly make this lineup scary again.
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Ben Rice went 1-for-4 with a solo homer against the Braves on Saturday.

Rice came into this one cold at the plate, going 3-for-34 over his last ten games and zero homers since July 26. He broke the drought with a home run off Danny Young in the eighth inning to give the Yankees an insurance run. The 27-year-old slugger is up to 32 homers and 75 RBI while hitting .260/.353/.550 across 479 plate appearances.
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Ben Rice is out of the Yankees lineup Saturday against the Cubs and left-hander David Peterson.

It’s Rice’s first time out of the lineup since June 26. With Rice getting the night off and injuries being such a factor, this really looks like a spring training lineup from the Yankees: LF Max Schuemann, 1B Paul Goldschmidt, DH Amed Rosario, RF Jasson Domínguez, 2B Jazz Chisholm Jr., SS Anthony Volpe, CF Spencer Jones, C Ali Sánchez and 3B José Caballero.
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Ben Rice homered and doubled in a losing cause Sunday night against the Phillies.

The homer off Tim Mayza in the seventh was his ninth off a lefty this year. Although he’s striking out 28 percent of the time against southpaws, he’s managed a fine .261/.322/.515 line in 134 plate appearances. It will ensure that he remains a full-time starter if Giancarlo Stanton reclaims the DH spot sometime next month.
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Ben Rice homered in the seventh to give the Yankees their only three runs in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Pirates.

Rice’s 30th bomb of the year, hit off Carmen Mlodzinski, tied the game, but the Yankees couldn’t add anything from there. Rice struck out in three of his other four at-bats, including with the go-ahead run on in the bottom of the ninth. Still, he’s the one Yankee who can’t be blamed for this loss. He’s the fourth hitter to reach 30 homers this year, joining Yordan Alvarez, Hunter Goodman and Kyle Schwarber.
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Ben Rice hit a two-run triple to help the Yankees to a 5-3 win over the Nationals on Sunday.

Rice is not exactly known for his speed, but he already has three triples on the season, and this one was a big one as it turned a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 cushion. The 27-year-old was outstanding in the first half, and the Home Run Derby participant has now driven in 68 runs in 2026. Some regression is certainly possible — baseball is hard — but everything Rice has shown over the first few months suggest this is legit.
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NYY 1st Baseman #22

Ben Rice went 2-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI in New York’s 12-4 win over the Rays on Thursday.

Rice’s first homer barely scraped over the fence -- in fact it was reviewed by the umpire crew to be sure it crossed the yellow line -- but his second was a no-doubter to right-center that almost hit the Rays aquarium. The Yankees haven’t hit much of late, but Rice has been carrying them with five homers in his last seven games. He’s got a few more warm-up acts before the Home Run Derby -- the two homers he hit here made his total of 28 a career high. He still has a whole second half of the season to play.
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Ben Rice went 3-for-4 with a three-run homer in Tuesday’s loss to the Rays.

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Ben Rice will participate in the 2026 Home Run Derby.

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Ben Rice blasted his 25th home run of the season during Monday’s win over the Rays.

Rice provided a little extra insurance for New York with a ninth-inning dinger against Rays reliever Chris Roycroft. The power-hitting 27-year-old is one round-tripper away from matching last year’s total and is on pace to threaten the lofty 40-homer plateau. He’s cooled off considerably after a sizzling-hot start to the year, but he’s still providing plenty of over-the-fence pop.

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Marcelo Mayer went 1-for-6 with four strikeouts as Triple-A Sacramento’s leadoff man on Sunday.

Mayer, out since late June with a stress reaction in his forearm, is 5-for-14 with a homer in three games since joining the River Cats. They might wait a few more days, but the Giants will likely activate him this week and install him as their starting second baseman.
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