San Francisco Giants at Boston Red Sox

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San Francisco Giants

52-76, 23-43 Away

Final
4 - 6

Boston Red Sox

69-59, 32-32 Home

Willson Contreras hits 3-run homer, Red Sox outlast Giants 6-4 in Rafael Devers' return to Fenway

Rafael Devers faces boos, hits a HR in eventful return to Boston

The Giants pulled within 5-4 in the fourth inning after Drew Gilbert hit a two-run homer off Boston starter Sonny Gray, and Devers followed with a solo homer, his 26th this season.

But Wilyer Abreu’s RBI triple in the sixth gave Boston enough cushion. Gray (16-3) pitched six innings, allowing four runs off seven hits and while striking out six. Aroldis Chapman struck out three and walked one in the ninth to pick up his 28th save.

Bryce Eldridge added an RBI single for San Francisco.

Contreras jumped on an 85-mph changeup from Giants starter Logan Webb (8-8) and crushed a 450-foot rope over the Green Monster and out of stadium for his 26th homer to put the Red Sox in front 3-1.

It was part of a five-run inning for Boston. Webb walked Andruw Monasterio with the bases loaded and then hit Mickey Gasper to let in another run before being pulled.

Friday marked Devers’ first time back at Fenway Park since a refusal to play first base contributed to the three-time All-Star being traded to San Francisco 14 months ago.

Devers received a mix of cheers and boos when he was introduced. The boos were more prominent when he came up to bat. Then, when Gray struck him out, the home crowd erupted in applause.

But Boston fans also cheered for Devers between the first and second innings after a highlight video of him was played on the video screen. Devers was shown on camera applauding and waving.

Up next Giants RHP Blade Tidwell (0-0, 4.33 ERA) will matchup against Red Sox LHP Patrick Sandoval (1-2, 4.76).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Cox struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Koss struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Kennedy walked.
	9th Inning	Kennedy hit for Cavanaugh
	9th Inning	Bericoto struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Chapman relieved Gamboa

Statistics

SF		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
11	Ground Balls	18
12	Strikeouts	3
4	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	2
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
11	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	1
141	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	18
37	Plate Appearances	39
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
4.2	Runs Created	7.2
.206	Batting Average	.344
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.441	Slugging Percentage	.563
.324	Secondary Average	.344
.270	On Base Percentage	.462
.711	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.024
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.6
4.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.1
33.0	Batter Rating	43.0
17.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.81	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.235	Isolated Power	.219
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.67
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.128
.118	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
8.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
80.0	MLB Rating	95.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0