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Rafael Devers sets Red Sox record, homers in 6th straight game
Devers is the first MLB slugger to homer in six straight games since Mike Trout in September 2022.
Rafael Devers can’t be stopped.
The slugging third baseman rewrote the record books for the Red Sox on Monday night, setting a new franchise mark by homering for the sixth consecutive game during Boston’s road game against the Rays.
Devers went yard in the fourth inning against Rays starter Taj Bradley, taking a high fastball and clubbing it into the left field bleachers.
Prior to Monday night, Devers was just the sixth Red Sox player to homer in five straight games — joining Bobby Dalbec (2020), Jose Canseco (1995), George Scott (1977), Dick Stuart (1963), Ted Williams (1957), and Jimmie Foxx (1940).
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Devers is the first MLB slugger to homer in six straight games since Mike Trout in September of 2022. Joey Votto homered in seven straight games in July 2021, while Paul Goldschmidt homered in six straight in July 2019.
The MLB record for most consecutive games with a home run — eight — is tied between Ken Griffey Jr. (July 1993), Don Mattingly (July 1987), and Dale Long (May 1956).
After Boston’s 5-0 win over the Rays, Alex Cora stressed that Devers is still nowhere close to reaching his ceiling.
“He keeps making adjustments, he’s grinding through it and little by little he’s feeling comfortable,” Cora told reporters, as seen on NESN postgame coverage. “He’s not there yet. I don’t think he’s there yet. … You act surprised, but that’s how we feel.
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“Just a matter of keep grinding, keep working on your swing, keep working on your timing and good things are going to happen. He knows he needs to be more consistent and that’s what we’re trying to accomplish.”
Devers agreed with Cora’s sentiment that he still has plenty to work on at the plate, even with his record-setting power surge.
“I’ve only been hitting one hit per game and that’s not me,” Devers said, via translator Carlos Villoria Benítez. “I’d like to get more singles and I feel like I’ve been missing a lot of my pitches. So, for me to be myself, I need to get more hits per game instead of one per game. Of course, they were very important hits, but at the same time, I’m not up there yet.”
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