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Cohasset’s Ben Rice becomes first rookie in Yankees history to hit 3 homers in a game

Despite growing up Cohasset, Ben Rice has been a lifelong Yankees fan.

Saturday afternoon, he showed no mercy against his hometown team in a resounding 14-4 triumph, blasting three home runs against the Red Sox.

Rice became the first Yankees rookie ever to record three homers in a game.

He started the scoring with a solo shot to right in the first, launched a three-run shot in the fifth, then added another three-run bomb in the seventh. Both his second and third homers traveled exactly 406 feet to right-center.

Afterward, Rice was a bit confused during his curtain call.