Rafael Devers hit his first house run for San Francisco in opposition to his former staff on Saturday, and the Giants beat the Boston Red Sox, 3-2, simply six days after the massive commerce between the groups.
Devers was acquired from Boston on Sunday. He delivered his first lengthy ball for the Giants within the third inning on Saturday after he went hitless in his first six at-bats within the sequence.
Devers despatched an opposite-field drive off Brayan Bello (3-2) over the left-field fence for a two-run shot that occurred to be caught by a fan in a Crimson Sox T-shirt. Devers obtained loud cheers from the massive crowd in San Francisco as he rounded the bases for his 216th profession house run that gave San Francisco a 3-0 lead.
Devers was traded by Boston lower than two years right into a 10-year, $313.5 million contract extension that he signed in 2023.
Heliot Ramos additionally homered for the Giants, who gained for simply the second time of their final seven video games.
Landen Roupp (5-5) bounced again from a tough begin final Saturday in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers, throwing six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts to earn the win.
Camilo Doval allowed two runs within the ninth earlier than getting his twelfth save in 15 possibilities.
Boston had gained seven of the final eight video games.
Key second
Boston scored twice within the ninth in opposition to Doval and had the tying run on second base with one out. However Doval obtained Marcelo Mayer and pinch-hitter Romy Gonzalez on groundouts to finish the sport.
Key stat
Devers turned the tenth participant to homer for and in opposition to the identical staff in a seven-day span, based on Sportradar. The final participant to do it was Abraham Toro, who homered for Houston in opposition to Seattle on July 26, 2021, after which for the Mariners in opposition to the Astros the following day.
Up subsequent
RHP Luis Giolito (3-1, 3.74 ERA) will begin for Boston in opposition to LHP Robbie Ray (8-2, 2.68 ERA).
Reporting by The Related Press.
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