Giants star Rafael Devers silenced the feisty Red Sox crowd at Fenway Park in Boston with one swing of the bat.The 2018 World Series champion crushed a 412-foot solo homer in his first game back in Boston, going back-to-back with Drew Gilbert in the top of the fourth inning on Friday night. RAFI HOMERS IN HIS RETURN TO FENWAY pic.twitter.com/j49EOMR52Q
— SF Giants on NBCS (@NBCSGiants) August 22, 2026 The homer was Devers’ 26th of the 2026 MLB season and cut the Giants’ deficit to 5-4.
Red Sox fans booed Devers before his first at-bat in the first inning, but then gave him an ovation when a tribute video was played on the videoboard before the second inning.
Devers spent the first eight and a half seasons with the Red Sox, helping them win one of their four World Series titles this century.
But his relationship with the organization soured before the 2025 season, and last June, Boston stunningly shipped him to San Francisco.
In a ballpark where he hit 95 homers during his Red Sox tenure, Devers notched his first as a visitor.
For someone who gave so much to the team, fans...