Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
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66/100
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For so much of this season which has seen Aaron Judge sidelined with injuries, Ben Rice was the driving force of the Yankees offense.
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Rice → see → offense
was Rice, hitting second in the order for Game 1 of the wild-card series against the Red Sox — even with left-hander Payton Tolle starting for the Red Sox — and putting up a line even Judge would be envious of.
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Judge → hit → line
Rice homered twice, had four hits and six RBIs as the Yankees pulled away with a 9-0 win.
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Yankees → homer → win
He delivered first against Tolle then against another lefty, Erik Miller, in the fifth, before providing more insurance against a third left-hander Alec Gamboa, with a run-scoring single in the seventh.
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He → deliver → seventh
To cap off his night, Rice hit a grand slam in the eighth.
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Rice → cap → eighth
In a game that lacked offensive firepower early, Rice came through with a one-out double off Tolle, just two batters into the game.
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Rice → lack → game
The 110-mph shot seemingly set the Yankees up for an early lead, but he was stranded at second.
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he → set → second
But he came through again in the fifth.
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he → come → fifth
This time, with the Yankees clinging to a 1-0 lead, Red Sox manager Chad Tracy went to the bullpen with two outs and no one on, removing Tolle — who’d pitched well after a shaky second — for Miller.
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who → cling → Miller
Rice greeted Miller by blasting a solo homer out to dead center.
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Rice → greet → center
The 423-foot shot made it 2-0.
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it → make → ?
Then, with the bases loaded and no one out in the seventh, Rice smoked a 106-mph single to right for a three-run lead.
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Rice → load → lead
On a night when the Yankees got nothing from the rest of the top of the order — Paul Goldschmidt went hitless and Heliot Ramos whiffed twice in the three-spot — Rice’s presence made the difference.
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presence → get → difference
It was a fitting way to open the playoffs for the lefty slugger — who found himself in the AL MVP conversation early in the season, before Judge went down with the fractured rib that cost him more than three months.
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that → open → months
Rice, like most of the rest of the Yankees offense, survived for the first few weeks of Judge’s absence before falling into a slump.
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Rice → survive → slump
Eventually, a nearly five-week funk nearly sunk the Yankee lineup, but he finished the regular season strong, with a 1.023 OPS over his final 28 games and finished with 41 homers.
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he → sink → homers
It’s unclear how far the Yankees will be able to go if Judge isn’t able to return, but any chance rests on the bat of Rice, on Tuesday he was up to the challenge.
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he → ’ → challenge