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Rafael Devers smacks 1st HR for Giants, a two-run shot against Red Sox

Rafael Devers smacks 1st HR for Giants, a two-run shot against Red Sox

Rafael Devers has the kind of lefty power to spray baseballs into McCovey Cove, much like his idol, Barry Bonds, did for years at Oracle Park. Devers has a tendency to flex his power the other way, too.
Devers' first home run as a San Francisco Giant was an opposite-field two-run blast in the third inning of Saturday's game against the Boston Red Sox, his former team that traded him to San Francisco last week.
The home run gave the Giants a 3-0 lead and came off Red Sox right-hander Brayan Bello, a close friend of Devers while the pair were teammates in Boston. Devers smacked an 0-1 four-seam fastball 370 feet into left field with a 105.5 mph exit velocity.
The home run was also Devers' first hit against his former team as he went 0-for-5 in Friday's Giants loss and grounded out in his first at-bat on Saturday. All 16 of Devers' home runs this year have come with him batting in the second spot, which he did Saturday for the first time in five games with San Francisco.
June 21, 2025
Shayna Rubin
Giants Beat Reporter
Shayna Rubin comes to the San Francisco Chronicle from the Bay Area News Group, where she covered the Oakland A's dysfunctional pursuit of a stadium in Oakland, the Golden State Warriors' 2022 championship run and a little bit of everything else over her five years there.
Shayna was born and raised in San Francisco. She grew up reading the Sporting Green and trekking the dirt parking lots at Candlestick Park for Giants and 49ers home games, so the teams' history is embedded in her memories. She got her start in journalism writing freelance articles about the San Francisco Giants during the dynasty's last-hurrah 2014 World Series season.
She's a graduate of San Francisco State University where she graduated with a bachelor of arts in Journalism and a master of arts in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts.
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