US EditionJazz Chisholm Jr., Ben Rice Help Yankees Stave Off MLB Playoff Elimination in Game 2 After Sitting Game 1
Ben Rice’s two-run homer gave the Yankees an early lead and helped secure their Game 2 win in the 2025 AL wild-card series against the Red Sox.
- On Oct. 1, 2025, Ben Rice, New York Yankees first baseman, hit a two-run first-inning homer off Brayan Bello at Yankee Stadium, the ball leaving the bat at 106.6 mph to force Game 3.
- After Dartmouth College and the 2020 season cut short, Ben Rice created The Futures League to attract scouts and was selected by the Yankees in the 12th-round of the 2021 draft despite Red Sox interest.
- After bulking up over the winter, Ben Rice slashed.255/.337/.499 with 26 homers and 65 RBIs across 138 games, splitting time at first base and catcher in the 2025 season statistics.
- Despite being benched for Game 1 against Garrett Crochet, Ben Rice homered in Game 2, extending New York's season and prompting scrutiny of Aaron Boone's matchup strategy; Boone said Rice's Game 3 start against Connelly Early is undecided.
- A native of Cohasset, Massachusetts, Rice grew up rooting for the Yankees despite living roughly 45 minutes from Boston and once scribbled `Yankees Rule!` on the Pesky Pole at Fenway Park.
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Yankees’ Ben Rice, once a Red Sox target, powers Game 2 Wild Card win
Ben Rice could have been a hometown hero. A native of Cohasset, Massachusetts, the 26-year-old grew up an outlier, as he cheered on the Yankees despite living roughly 45 minutes from Boston. That, of course, didn’t stop the Red Sox from pursuing Rice as an amateur, as the Yankees’ fiercest rival also had serious interest in the Dartmouth product before the pinstripers spent a 12th-round pick on the sweet-swinging lefty in 2021. “The area scout, …
Ben Rice returns to Yankees lineup with two-run homer to start Game 2
Against a lefty in Game 1, Ben Rice didn't get an at-bat. And against a righty in Game 2, with Aaron Boone putting him back into the Yankees' lineup, Rice drilled a pitch from Red Sox starter Brayan Bello over the right-field fence for a two-run homer.
An extraordinary DIY adventure took Ben Rice from Cohasset to the middle of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry - The Boston Globe
Rice, who attended Noble and Greenough School then Dartmouth College, found his way after having his baseball path detoured by COVID-19. This year, the Yankees first baseman/catcher plays on in the ALWCS vs. the Red Sox.
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