Devers homers against his former team to key 3-2 win for the Giants against the Red Sox – Boston News, Weather, Sports

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rafael Devers hit his first home run for San Francisco towards his former workforce on Saturday, and the Giants beat the Boston Crimson 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 sent 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 residence 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 towards the 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 probabilities.

Boston had gained seven of the final eight video games.

Key second

Boston scored twice within the ninth towards 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 towards the identical workforce in a seven-day span, according to Sportradar. The final participant to do it was Abraham Toro, who homered for Houston towards Seattle on July 26, 2021, after which for the Mariners towards the Astros the subsequent day.