The post Yankees’ Aaron Boone gushes over Ben Rice’s ‘seven steaks’ night appeared first on ClutchPoints. The New York Yankees ’ 12-8 victory over the St.Louis Cardinals granted them a series win on Saturday, and slugger Ben Rice was the man of the hour. The 26-year-old reached base four times, and tied a career high with seven RBIs.

José Caballero knew on contact that Ben Rice’s monster swing would result in a ball in the seats. With one out, runners on the corners and the New York Yankees trailing by two in the top of the fourth,

Prior to Saturday night, there was only one first baseman who had multiple seven-RBI games for the Yankees, and his name was Lou Gehrig. He had nine, for the record. Now Rice has two. He joins the multi-7-RBI-game club. The Yankees needed all of that Rice production in a crazy 12-8 win over the Cardinals.

Ben Rice homered and tied a career high with seven RBIs, Aaron Judge also went deep in his first multi-hit game since the All-Star break and the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals 12-8 on Saturday night.

Ben Rice drove in seven runs and scored twice as the visiting New York Yankees outslugged the St. Louis Cardinals 12-8 on Saturday night.

On Tuesday, Ben Rice was catching for the third time in four games. But his preparation for earning more starts there began well before that.

Ben Rice drove in a career-high seven runs with a home run, double, and single as the New York Yankees outslugged the St. Louis Cardinals, 12-8, on Saturday night at Busch Stadium. Aaron Judge homered and added two RBI while Trent Grisham collected four hits,

Rice, who has been starting half of the Yankees' games at catcher over Austin Wells of late, has a .783 OPS, 17 home runs, and an impressive 54.8% hard-hit rate this season. With five more years of team control, he's certainly a strong candidate to usurp Goldschmidt's job in a full-time capacity.

ST. LOUIS — Ben Rice homered and tied a career high with seven RBIs, Aaron Judge also went deep in his first multi-hit game since the All-Star break, and the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 12-8, on Saturday night.

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