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Rafael Devers hits his first walk-off May 17, 2025 ... In the bottom of the ninth, Rafael Devers stepped to the plate with a tie score and smashed a 2-1 breaking ball to deep right-center over the bullpen wall, propelling the Red Sox to a 7-6 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Devers won the game, but Jarren Duran’s 2-for-5 night, in addition to throwing a runner out at home, gave the Red Sox a chance. Duran’s two-run homer in the third put the Red Sox on the board at 5-2, and his two-run single in the eighth tied the score at six. The Red Sox fell into an early hole thanks to three home runs off Lucas Giolito within the first three innings. Matt Olson and Marcell Ozuna hit back-to-back shots in the first and Drake Baldwin added another two-run homer in the third as the Braves built an early 5-0 lead. Giolito managed just four innings, allowing six runs on eight hits. He threw 87 pitches, 52 strikes. The Red Sox bullpen, which has struggled as of late in so many one-run and walk-off losses, held Atlanta down for five innings. Brennan Bernardino, Nick Burdi, Garrett Whitlock and Aroldis Chapman kept the Braves at bay as the Boston bats got to work. Duran helped defensively, too. In the sixth with two on against Burdi, Duran fielded a two-out Olson single and fired a perfect strike home to throw out Alex Verdugo attempting to score. After Duran’s third-inning homer, the Red Sox bats were quiet for the next three innings, threatening another rough loss. But in the seventh, Ceddanne Rafaela got the offense going with a leadoff double. After a Duran flyout, Devers singled to left, driving in Rafaela and advancing to second on the throw home. Alex Bregman followed with a double, scoring Devers to bring Boston within 6-4 before Duran’s two-run single in the eighth. Devers finished it off with his eighth homer of the season, which traveled 402 feet and 107.3 mph off the bat as Fenway erupted. |
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