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Yankees bullpen catcher head butts Ben Rice's grand slam on the fly in hilarious moment against Red Sox

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Harris, M. (2026, September 30). Yankees bullpen catcher head butts Ben Rice's grand slam on the fly in hilarious moment against Red Sox. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/yankees-bullpen-catcher-head-butts-ben-rices-grand-slam-fly-hilarious-moment-red-sox

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During Game 1 of the AL Wild Card series between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, Ben Rice hit a grand slam that struck one of the Yankees' bullpen catchers directly on his helmet. The incident happened amid Rice's impressive performance, where he went 4-for-5 and contributed significantly to the Yankees winning 9-0. Cam Schlittler, the starting pitcher for the Yankees, was also dominant, striking out ten batters in 6.1 innings while allowing only two hits and one walk.
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AL Wild Card Game 1 New York New York Yankees Yankees

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Rice PERSON · 3× New York GPE · 2× Yankees ORG · 2× AL Wild Card ORG · 1× Ben Rice PERSON · 1× Cam Schlittler PERSON · 1× New York Yankees ORG · 1× New York's GPE · 1× Yanks ORG · 1× the Boston Red Sox ORG · 1×

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As soon as the roar inside the stadium grew in anticipation of the baseball clearing the wall, one of the Yankees' bullpen catchers stood up, took a few steps to his right, and while it appeared he was going to throw his glove up and catch the baseball, he instead stood still and let the ball hit him directly on top of his helmet.
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🔮 The Red Sox will now be forced to figure out Max Fried on the mound on Wednesday night as they face elimination in the best-of-three series.
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Yankees bullpen catcher head butts Ben Rice's grand slam on the fly in hilarious moment against Red Sox · assertive framing

Claims (11 extracted, 0 hedged)

New York Yankees designated hitter Ben Rice sent Yankee Stadium into an absolute frenzy on Tuesday night when he hit a grand slam over the wall to give his club a 9-0 lead in Game 1 of the AL Wild Card series against the Boston Red Sox. asserted
he → send → Sox
Lost in the moment was where the actual baseball landed inside the stadium, or, in this case, what it hit before falling to the ground. asserted
it → lose → ground
It just so happened that Rice's grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning was headed straight for New York's bullpen in right-center field. asserted
slam → happen → field
Baseball fans routinely see pitchers hanging out in the bullpen get under home runs and catch them as if they're pop-ups, which always makes for a cool moment, but what we witnessed on Tuesday night was one of a kind. asserted
witnessed → see → kind
As soon as the roar inside the stadium grew in anticipation of the baseball clearing the wall, one of the Yankees' bullpen catchers stood up, took a few steps to his right, and while it appeared he was going to throw his glove up and catch the baseball, he instead stood still and let the ball hit him directly on top of his helmet. asserted
ball → grow → helmet
No last-second flinch, no movement to soften the blow of the baseball hitting him in the mask, just pure commitment from the bullpen catcher. asserted
baseball → soften → catcher
Aside from Rice launching a grand slam and going 4-for-5 at the dish to help deliver the Yanks a 9-0 victory, the story of Game 1 was the performance from New York starting pitcher Cam Schlittler. asserted
story → launch → Schlittler
The Massachusetts native was dominant on the bump, allowing just two hits, one walk, and striking out 10 hitters in 6.1 innings of work. asserted
native → allow → work
New York needed Schlittler, the heavy favorite to win AL Cy Young honors, to go out and put together a performance, and he undoubtedly answered that call. asserted
he → need → call
The Yankees snagged a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning before doubling the lead in the bottom of the fifth and adding two more runs in the seventh before Rice officially put the game away in what was a five-run eighth inning for the home club. asserted
what → snag → club
The Red Sox will now be forced to figure out Max Fried on the mound on Wednesday night as they face elimination in the best-of-three series. asserted
they → force → series
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