NEW YORK -- As a young fan growing up in enemy territory, Ben Rice once traveled from the rocky shores of tiny Cohasset, Mass., to proudly announce his allegiance, surreptitiously scrawling ¡°Yankees Rule!¡± on the right-field Pesky Pole at Boston¡¯s Fenway Park.

Rice again left his mark on the historic rivalry on Saturday afternoon, enjoying a three-homer performance and his first Yankee Stadium curtain call as the Yankees snapped their four-game skid with a 14-4 victory over the Red Sox.

¡°It¡¯s definitely a day I¡¯ll never forget,¡± Rice said. ¡°I¡¯m just pumped that it was a big-time win for us, a good bounceback win, and over my hometown team. So it¡¯s pretty cool.¡±

The rookie catcher/first baseman led off the first inning by taking Josh Winckowski deep for his second career homer, then launched a three-run homer in the fifth off Chase Anderson, part of a seven-run frame for the Bombers.

Rated as the Yanks¡¯ No. 12 prospect by MLB Pipeline, Rice completed his seven-RBI showing with a three-run shot off Anderson in the seventh inning. The 25-year-old Rice is the first rookie in Yankees history to hit at least three home runs in a game.

¡°What a game,¡± manager Aaron Boone said. ¡°In the midst of what we¡¯re going through, to set the tone right away in the first inning with a homer and then put together a legendary day, it¡¯s just really big time. But it¡¯s in line with the at-bats he¡¯s been giving.¡±

With directions from his teammates, Rice was summoned to the top steps of the dugout, where he wholesomely acknowledged the cheering crowd with a broad grin and a wave of his batting helmet.

¡°Honestly, it was all happening so fast,¡± Rice said. ¡°I think I was still just coming off the high of hitting the home run. I was just walking through the dugout and then I heard everyone yelling at me to do something. I didn¡¯t even know what they were talking about, but as they slowly guided me toward the steps, I was like, ¡®Oh, dude. A curtain call. That¡¯s pretty cool.¡¯¡±

The Yankees have had 26 three-homer performances in the regular season. Aaron Judge had the club¡¯s most recent, last Sept. 22 vs. Arizona.

Rice¡¯s seven RBIs match Lou Gehrig (July 23, 1925, vs. Washington) for the most by a Yankees rookie. He is also the third rookie in Major League history with a three-homer performance from the leadoff spot, joining Andrew McCutchen (Aug. 1, 2009) and Mike Yastrzemski (Aug. 16, 2019).

¡°We heard a lot of good things about that guy, and he showed it today,¡± said infielder/outfielder Oswaldo Cabrera. ¡°He¡¯s always smiling. He¡¯s enjoying the game all the time.¡±

It has been less than three weeks since the Yankees promoted Rice from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, seeking a short-term solution after losing first baseman Anthony Rizzo to a fractured right arm.

Though the club¡¯s initial plan was to have Rice as the left-handed portion of a platoon with veteran J.D. Davis at first base, Rice has earned more playing time by batting .294 (15-for-51) with a .383 on-base percentage and a .588 slugging percentage in 17 games.

¡°You try to stay in the moment with him, because I think the catching part of it is real, too,¡± Boone said. ¡°That¡¯s not the need right now, but he¡¯s getting a ton of opportunities. It¡¯s a great opportunity in front of him. We¡¯re excited about what he¡¯s doing, but I also don¡¯t want to rush him too much.¡±

Rice (who said the story about scribbling at Fenway is ¡°100 percent true¡±) said he has been working to adjust to big league pitching.

¡°I have a lot of confidence in my approach,¡± he said. ¡°Up here is no different. The game hasn¡¯t changed. The bases are all in the same spots.¡±

Alex Verdugo hit a two-run homer for the Yankees, flipping his bat and savoring a 32-second trot around the bases against his former club. Anthony Volpe had a game-tying double, and Austin Wells worked a pinch-hit, bases-loaded walk that gave New York the lead.

The offensive barrage supported Gerrit Cole, who struck out eight over 4 1/3 innings in his fourth start of the season. The right-hander again found trouble with Rafael Devers, who collected a homer and a run-scoring single. Devers has eight career homers against Cole; no other player has more than four.

Yet while Cole scowled at Devers¡¯ slow trot around the basepaths -- payback, it seemed, after Verdugo¡¯s similar actions -- the right-hander grinned broadly when discussing Rice¡¯s performance.

¡°We¡¯re going through it, so we¡¯ll take any kind of success,¡± Cole said. ¡°Really, I think it¡¯s a little bit greater than that. It¡¯s a historical day, a magical day. And to be honest, I¡¯m pretty thankful that I get to be on the lineup card because I know he¡¯ll remember it forever.¡±