Yankees, Red Sox: Ben Rice became the first Yankees rookie to homer three times in a game and drove in seven runs as the Yanks snapped a four-game slide with a 14-4 victory over the Red Sox on Saturday. Alex Verdugo hit a two-run homer and drew the ire of the Red Sox with a 32-second trot around the bases. D.J. LeMahieu also drove in a pair of runs as the Yankees won for the fifth time in 19 games. Aaron Judge added two hits. Rafael Devers had a long homer and two RBI for Boston, which had its five-game winning streak halted. Rice led off the game with a drive to right off Josh Winckowski and added a three-run shot off reliever Chase Anderson as part of a seven-run fifth inning. The 25-year-old first baseman capped his day with a second homer off Anderson in the seventh inning. “What a game!” New York manager Aaron Boone said. “To set the tone right away in the first inning with a homer and put together a legendary day. Something he’ll never forget.” After Rice’s third homer, Juan Soto stepped out of the batter’s box to allow the rookie to take a curtain call. Rice had to be encouraged by the entire Yankees dugout to step out to acknowledge the cheers. “It was all happening so fast,” Rice said. “Thankfully got it in. That was pretty awesome!”

Pirates: Pirates left-hander Bailey Falter was removed from his start in the third inning Saturday against the Mets because of what the Pirates said was left posterior arm discomfort. Falter walked J.D. Martinez to load the bases with none out in a scoreless game and was immediately visited on the mound by manager Derek Shelton and an athletic trainer. Falter walked off without attempting a warmup pitch. Falter entered the game with a 4-6 record and a 3.87 ERA in 16 starts this season. Dennis Santana relieved Falter and struck out the next two batters before giving up a three-run double to Luis Torrens.

Cubs: Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks exited after two innings against the Angels on Saturday because of low back tightness. The right-hander threw 43 pitches and gave up a pair of earned runs in the brief outing. He also gave up four hits and walked two. The 34-year-old Hendricks, who started the day 1-6 with a 7.48 ERA, was demoted to the bullpen in May after giving up 28 earned runs in his first five starts. He’s the only remaining Cubs player who appeared in the 2016 World Series.

Angels: Tyler Anderson threw eight dominant innings and Jo Adell homered to help the Angels end a five-game skid with a 7-0 victory over the Cubs on Saturday. Anderson (8-8) gave up a leadoff single, then retired the next 13 Cubs batters before allowing another hit to cruise to his third win in his last five starts. The lefty matched his career-best 10 strikeouts and allowed just three hits with no walks. “I just feel like if I’m ahead in the count I can throw whatever I want,” said Anderson, who induced 11 groundouts. “That was a big thing for me today: Try to attack and get ahead early.” Logan O’Hoppe added two hits and a pair of RBIs for the Angels.