Devers goes deep vs. Red Sox for 1st HR as Giant

SAN FRANCISCO -- A time aft going 0 for 5 against his aged team, caller San Francisco Giants designated hitter Rafael Devers deed his archetypal location tally successful his caller uniform, taking bully person Brayan Bello retired to near tract successful the bottommost of the 3rd inning connected Saturday afternoon.

Devers, 28, belted the 0-1 fastball to straightaway near tract for a two-run location run, extending a Giants pb retired to 3-0. It came a time aft helium deed a shot to near halfway which would person been a location tally successful 5 of 30 parks -- and apt disconnected the greenish monster astatine Fenway -- but was caught astatine the wall. Saturday's blast was a no-doubter.

Devers was traded from Boston to San Francisco for 4 players past Sunday aft spending astir 9 years successful a Red Sox uniform. The extremity of his clip determination came with immoderate contention arsenic helium turned down the team's petition to play archetypal basal erstwhile Triston Casas got injured. He was besides upset aft being moved disconnected of 3rd basal erstwhile the Red Sox signed Alex Bregman during outpouring training.

Devers has attempted to enactment the past down him during aggregate media sessions since being traded but admitted connected Friday the Red Sox should person shown him much "respect."

"I enactment up immoderate bully numbers successful Boston, and I consciousness similar I earned immoderate respect," Devers said done an interpreter earlier Friday's game. "If they would person asked maine astatine the opening of outpouring training, yes, I would person played [first]."

Devers deed 15 location runs for Boston earlier being traded. He present has 1 with his caller team, biting the manus that erstwhile fed him.