Yankees’ Ben Rice leaves game with elbow injury, sent to hospital

TAMPA, Fla. — The Yankees needed to cope with a scare throughout Saturday’s recreation because of hot-hitting designated Ben Rice injured his left elbow on his second hit by a pitch of the afternoon.

In the course of the late innings, Rice was at a Tampa hospital getting X-rays and a CT scan on his left elbow, which all got here again unfavorable.

The Yankees are calling the damage a contusion.

“I was definitely worried about it,” Rice mentioned after the sport. “It felt fine when (manager Aaron Boone) was checking on it on first base. Then as it started to settle in a little bit, I was a little worried about it.”

As of early Saturday night, Rice was not sure if his elbow soreness would maintain him out of video games. For certain, he’s unlikely to be within the Yankees’ Sunday lineup.

“It’s definitely pretty sore,” Rice mentioned. “It’s just going to be day to day.”

Rice shook off being hit within the foot by a curve when he was main off the sport, however the breaking ball that caught his elbow within the fourth inning is likely to be problematic.

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Rice remained within the recreation after his second HBP and got here round to attain, however was hit for by Pablo Reyes when his flip to hit once more got here up within the sixth inning.

With two on and no person out within the Yankees’ fourth, Rice was drilled within the left elbow on a 1-1, 88.2-mph curve from Rays reliever Manuel Rodriguez.

Within the first inning, Rice was hit within the foot on a 83.8-mph curve by Rays starter Shane Baz.

Rice, 26, has been one of many Yankees most nice surprises within the first month filling in at DH for injured slugger Giancarlo Stanton. In 19 video games, he’s batting .292 with 5 homers, 9 RBI and a 1.003 OPS.

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