NEW YORK (AP) — 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 RBIs in 33 games, including 25 starts at first base.
The Yankees have been mostly healthy this season, though they put Giancarlo Stanton on the injured list last week with a strained right calf. After Sunday's game, manager Aaron Boone the club had not decided whether shortstop Anthony Volpe would be activated Monday.
Volpe's is rehabbing after undergoing left shoulder surgery on Oct. 14 and his rehab window ended Sunday. If Volpe is optioned to the minors for at least 20 days, it would delay his free-agent eligibility by a year until after the 2029 season.
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New York Yankees' Ben Rice (22), left, celebrates his home run with Aaron Judge, right, during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, May 3, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New York Yankees' Ben Rice hits a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, May 3, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
BOSTON (AP) — Cam Smith hit a two-out, two-run single off the Green Monster in the 10th inning, and the Houston Astros beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Sunday to take the series.
Jarren Duran hit a solo homer for the Red Sox, his second homer in three games after belting a three-run shot in Friday’s victory.
Boston went 0 for 11 with runners on, stranding 13.
Boston starter Ranger Suárez left the game after four scoreless innings due to right hamstring tightness. Coming off eight scoreless innings of one-hit ball with 10 strikeouts in his last start, he gave up three hits, struck out three and walked one.
Astros first baseman Christian Walker was back in the lineup and went 2 for 3 after leaving Saturday’s win because he was hit in the helmet by a fastball. He went 6 for 10 in the series.
Houston slugger Yordan Alvarez was just 1 for 14 in the series with a single.
After Jose Altuve bounced into a rare 6-2-5 double play, Zack Kelly (0-2) reloaded the bases with a walk before Smith’s hit. Brice Matthews was cut down at the plate after Smith was in a rundown.
Bryan Abreu (1-2) worked two innings for the victory, getting Ceddanne Rafaela to bounce into a game-ending double play with the bases loaded.
Making his first start since going on the injured list with mid-back inflammation April 13, Houston’s Cody Bolton went 2 1/3 scoreless innings.
Duran homered into the right-field seats in the fifth and Houston tied it on Matthews’ sacrifice fly in the sixth.
Astros haven’t named a starter for their Monday home game against the Dodgers. RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2-2, 2.87 ERA) is set to start for Los Angeles.
Red Sox LHP Payton Tolle (0-1, 3.38) is slated to start the opener of a three-game series Monday in Detroit against Tigers’ ace LHP Tarik Skubal (3-2, 2.70).
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Houston Astros pitcher AJ Blubaugh throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Sunday, May 3, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
Boston Red Sox pitcher Ranger Suarez throws during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Sunday, May 3, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
Boston Red Sox's Jarren Duran hits a solo home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Sunday, May 3, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
Houston Astros' Cam Smith hits for a single allowing two runners to score during the tenth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Sunday, May 3, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
