X-ray negative after Yankees' Ben Rice hit on left elbow by pitch

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X-ray negative after Yankees' Ben Rice hit on left elbow by pitch

2025-04-20 09:53 Last Updated At：10:00

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees leadoff hitter Ben Rice bruised his left elbow when hit by an 88.2 mph slider from Manuel Rodríguez in the fourth inning of Saturday's 10-8, 10-inning loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.

Rice, who bats left-handed, initially remained in the game and scored on a sacrifice fly that gave New York a 6-1 lead. He then went for an X-ray at St. Joseph’s Hospital, which was negative.

“It’s definitely pretty sore,” said Rice, who added that he never lost feeling in the elbow. “So, it’s just going to be day to day.”

Rice, who throws right-handed, said he thought the pitch hit both the joint and muscle. He was grateful no fracture was found.

“It seems like he's doing better,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Good news obviously on the X-ray. It seemed like he was getting a little more feeling back as the last hours unfolded.”

Rice did not anticipate needing more scans.

"I was definitely worried about it," Rice said.

Starting because Giancarlo Stanton is hurt, Rice is hitting .292 with three doubles, one triple, five homers and nine RBIs in 19 games. Rice was hit on his left foot by a Shane Baz curveball in the first inning.

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Malloy's 9th inning single gives Tigers 6-5 win over the Red Sox

2025-05-15 11:25 Last Updated At：11:31

DETROIT (AP) — Justyn-Henry Malloy hit a pinch-hit single in the ninth to end the game and give the Detroit Tigers a 6-5 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night.

Aroldis Chapman (2-2) walked Andy Ibáñez to start the inning. Connor Wong threw the ball into center field as Ibáñez stole second, putting a runner on third. Malloy hit for Akil Baddoo and lined a single to center.

Alex Bregman homered in the fourth to put Boston up 2-1, but Detroit tied the game in the bottom of the inning.

Riley Greene's two-run homer helped the Tigers take a 5-2 lead in the sixth, but the Red Sox drove Tarik Skubal out of the game with a three-run seventh.

Nick Sogard started the rally with a one-out single, then took second when Carlos Narváez snapped Skubal's streak of 27 innings without a walk. Ceddanne Rafaela ended Skubal's night with an RBI single, and Jarren Duran and Rafael Devers tied the game with RBI singles off Tyler Holton.

Tommy Kahnle replaced Holton and got pinch-hitter Wilyer Abreu to hit into a double play.

Boston had runners on the corners with one out in the ninth, but Will Vest (3-0) struck out Devers and Bregman grounded into a force at second.

It appeared Kerry Carpenter had given the Tigers a 6-5 lead in the seventh, but Abreu reached over the right-field fence to rob him of a home run. The ball deflected off the heel of his glove and into Rafaela's for a rare 9-8 putout. The last 9-8 putout before today was on Sept. 14, 2003, when the Twins’ Michael Ryan lost the ball in the sun and it hit off his head and Dustan Mohr caught it.

Skubal has struck out 61 batters and walked two in his last seven starts, covering 43 1/3 innings.

Boston goes home for a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves, who could start Chris Sale on Friday. That would make the Red Sox the first team in MLB history to face both defending Cy Young winners in back-to-back games.

Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (1-5, 4.61) is expected to start Friday in Toronto.

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