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Ben Rice leaves Yankees game with hand injury after hitting another homer

Nypost · · 239 words · By Dan Martin
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In what’s been an almost ideal start to their season, the Yankees got a scare on Sunday as Ben Rice was removed from their game against the Orioles with a left hand contusion, the Yankees announced.

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What happened

In what’s been an almost ideal start to their season, the Yankees got a scare on Sunday as Ben Rice was removed from their game against the Orioles with a left hand contusion, the Yankees announced.

Why it matters

He is considered day-to-day, as X-rays were negative.

Common ground

The injury occurred on a pickoff play in the top of the third, when Max Fried tried to get Weston Wilson off first base.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Rice has hit 12 homers on the season- trailing only Judge and the White Sox’s Munetaka Murakami”
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One source confirms Munetaka Murakami hit his 12th home run on April 27, 2026. However, another source states Ben Rice hit his 10th of the season in a game on that same date (April 27, 2026), contradicting the claim that Rice had hit 12.
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web search NEUTRAL — Munetaka Murakami CRUSHES his 12th home run of the season, a HUGE go-ahead three-run home run in the 7th inning for the Chicago White Sox on April 27, 2026. ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTl1HviU7pA
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web search NEUTRAL — Get the latest MLB player stats and rankings on CBS Sports. See who leads the league in points, assists, steals and more.
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/stats/
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web search NEUTRAL — These Yankees have completed only 29 of 162 games, but Rice and Judge are the majors’ new Batman & Robin home run duo. In Monday night’s 4-2 Yankees win over the Rangers, Rice hit his 10th of the seas…
https://www.nj.com/yankees/2026/04/what-aaron-judge-and-ben-…
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Claim 2: “He is considered day-to-day, as X-rays were negative.”
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One web search result specifically mentions that X-rays for Ben Rice's hand contusion were negative. Other results for 'X-rays' refer to different players (Dominguez) or general medical definitions.
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web search NEUTRAL — His left arm had to be amputated at the elbow in 1908,[52] and four fingers on his right arm soon thereafter, leaving only a thumb. His amputated left hand was placed at Birmingham University as a spe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray
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web search NEUTRAL — He stayed in long enough to run the bases. Then he was pulled from left field at the end of the inning and did not return. X-rays taken at Globe Life Field were inconclusive. The Yankees scheduled an …
https://pinstripesnation.com/yankees-fear-worst-dominguez-el…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dominguez is expected to be called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday, Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News reports. Dominguez will join the Yankees ahead of the team's three-game se…
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/NYY/new-york-yankees/
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Claim 3: “The injury occurred on a pickoff play in the top of the third, when Max Fried tried to get Weston Wilson off first base.”
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Multiple sources confirm the injury occurred on a pickoff attempt by Max Fried while Rice was playing first base in the third inning.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2009 Laurence Olivier Awards were held in 2009 in London celebrating excellence in West End theatre by the Society of London Theatre.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Laurence_Olivier_Awards
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 136th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 68th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 64th season playi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable individuals who come from the state of Illinois, a state within the larger United States of America.
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Claim 4: “But Paul Goldschmidt took over at first base to start the fourth.”
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Evidence mentions Paul Goldschmidt replacing Rice in different contexts (Game 4, general lineup options), but does not confirm he took over at first base specifically to start the fourth inning of the game against the Orioles.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ben Rice will begin Game 4 on the bench for the Yankees. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post. Instead, he went with five lefty bats to alternate left-right throughout the order, with Goldschmidt slotting…
https://sports.yahoo.com/article/paul-goldschmidt-replaces-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Keeping Rice at first. If the Yankees ever do go with Goldschmidt, it shouldn't be in Rice's place. He should be in the lineup as an option to face a tough southpaw reliever or for the regularly sched…
https://www.si.com/mlb/yankees/onsi/ben-rice-at-catcher-isn-…
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web search NEUTRAL — But Rice is the first baseman of the future, and frankly, one of the best hitters in the Majors.Yesterday, Rice pinch hit for third baseman Amed Rosario in the bottom of the fifth and replaced Goldsch…
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/new-york-yankees/news/ya…
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Claim 5: “Ben Rice was removed from their game against the Orioles with a left hand contusion”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm Ben Rice was removed from a game against the Orioles with a left hand contusion.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of all players who have played for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball. Prior to moving to Baltimore, the franchise was known as the St. Louis Browns.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benjamin Kimball Rice (born February 22, 1999) is an American professional baseball first baseman, designated hitter, and catcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). Rice played c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Rice
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Juan Carlos Escarra (born April 24, 1995) is an American professional baseball catcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Escarra
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Claim 6: “He opened the game with an MLB-best 1.164 OPS”
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Evidence discusses Rice and Judge's home run totals and historical comparisons, but no source mentions a specific OPS of 1.164 or that it was the MLB-best at the start of the game.
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web search NEUTRAL — ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Aaron Judge allowed Ben Rice to match his home run total for only a few pitches. Together, the sluggers have now accomplished something for the New York Yankees with their powe…
https://www.bastillepost.com/global/article/5812782-aaron-ju…
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web search NEUTRAL — Aaron Judge and Ben Rice became the second pair of Yankees teammates to each have 10 or more homers in the first 29 games of a season, joining Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra, who did it in 1956.
https://www.tsn.ca/mlb/article/judge-rice-match-yankee-great…
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web search NEUTRAL — Neither did Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig when they were mashing for a team that has been called the greatest ever, the 1927 Yankees. These Yankees have completed only 29 of 162 games, but Rice and Judge a…
https://www.nj.com/yankees/2026/04/what-aaron-judge-and-ben-…
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Claim 7: “doubled on a popup to shallow left in the bottom of the third — following the pickoff play — and scored on Aaron Judge’s homer later in the inning.”
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The provided evidence mentions Rice hitting home runs or doubles in other games (e.g., vs Rangers), but there is no evidence confirming a double in the bottom of the third followed by scoring on an Aaron Judge homer in the specific game against the Orioles.
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web search NEUTRAL — Aaron Judge allowed Ben Rice to match his home run total for only a few pitches.New York Yankees' Ben Rice rounds the bases after hitting a tw-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game again…
https://www.aol.com/articles/aaron-judge-ben-rice-match-0502…
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web search NEUTRAL — In Monday night’s 4-2 Yankees win over the Rangers, Rice hit his 10th of the season in the third inning with a man on, then Judge came up next and hit his 11th. For Tuesday night’s clash versus the Ra…
https://www.nj.com/yankees/2026/04/what-aaron-judge-and-ben-…
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web search NEUTRAL — After an Aaron Judge walk and a Cody Bellinger single, Ben Rice connected for a three-run shot to right, giving the Bombers a quick 3-0 lead. Bellinger added an RBI double off the wall in the bottom o…
https://sports.yahoo.com/article/ben-rices-three-run-homer-2…
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Claim 8: “he’s mostly crushed southpaws, with five homers and an OPS of 1.324.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Rice's specific stats against southpaws.
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Claim 9: “Rice, who homered in the first inning”
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While sources mention Rice hitting home runs in various games (e.g., 2nd inning vs Rays, 3rd inning vs Rangers), no evidence specifically confirms he homered in the first inning of the game against the Orioles mentioned in Claim 0.
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web search NEUTRAL — New York Yankees' Ben Rice celebrates after hitting a home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Saturday, July 6, 2024, in New York. Rice became the first Yankees…
https://gazette.com/ap/sports/ben-rice-becomes-1st-yankees-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — After no homers his first 23 games, Chisholm has three in five games. He homered on the first pitch of the fourth. Fried has allowed no runs in four of seven starts, going at least six innings in each…
https://www.bastillepost.com/global/article/5812547-judge-an…
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web search NEUTRAL — New York Yankees' Ben Rice rounds the bases after hitting a home run in the second inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Thursday, July 31, 2025, in New York.
https://www.aol.com/stanton-rice-hit-early-homers-223540805.…
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