BOSTON - Even when they lose, which they do a lot, the San Francisco Giants are never short of story lines and interesting twists.
Slugger Rafael Devers got a mixed reaction in his return to Fenway Park - lots of boos when he was announced and during his first at-bat, but many cheers during a between-innings video tribute. Then Devers hit a blast to dead center in the fourth, cutting Boston's lead to one, and the boos got the edge. Devers went back-to-back with Drew Gilbert, not a slugger type, who slipped a two-run shot down the right-field line.
That wasn't quite enough in an eventual 6-4 loss to the onrushing Red Sox. Logan Webb, so sharp this month, with an ERA under 1.00 and 17 strikeouts to just two walks, succumbed to the same issues that have plagued many of the team's younger starters. He walked three and hit two, leading to three Boston runs. He also gave up a 116 mph laser of a three-run homer by Willson Contreras (the answer at first base for the Red Sox when Devers wasn't).
Giants infielder Christian Koss, traded a little more quietly than Devers was when he went from Boston to San Francisco for cash at the end of spring training in 2024, singled, doubled and scored twice against the club that gave up on him when he still had an option remaining. Nick Sogard, who led off for the Red Sox and scored two runs Friday, was among those who'd moved ahead of Koss on Boston's Triple-A depth chart.
Webb's third inning, his second time through the order, was all the rougher because the floodgates opened with one on - Sogard, who had walked - and two outs. After a Wilyer Abreu single, Contreras hit his 450-foot bomb, and two singles, two hit by pitches and a walk added two more to the damage. By that point Webb had thrown 35 pitches in the inning, and he left with the bases loaded. Lefty Reiver Sanmartin got Sogard to hit into a fielder's choice to end the inning.
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Slugger Rafael Devers got a mixed reaction in his return to Fenway Park - lots of boos when he was announced and during his first at-bat, but many cheers during a between-innings video tribute. Then Devers hit a blast to dead center in the fourth, cutting Boston's lead to one, and the boos got the edge. Devers went back-to-back with Drew Gilbert, not a slugger type, who slipped a two-run shot down the right-field line.
That wasn't quite enough in an eventual 6-4 loss to the onrushing Red Sox. Logan Webb, so sharp this month, with an ERA under 1.00 and 17 strikeouts to just two walks, succumbed to the same issues that have plagued many of the team's younger starters. He walked three and hit two, leading to three Boston runs. He also gave up a 116 mph laser of a three-run homer by Willson Contreras (the answer at first base for the Red Sox when Devers wasn't).
Giants infielder Christian Koss, traded a little more quietly than Devers was when he went from Boston to San Francisco for cash at the end of spring training in 2024, singled, doubled and scored twice against the club that gave up on him when he still had an option remaining. Nick Sogard, who led off for the Red Sox and scored two runs Friday, was among those who'd moved ahead of Koss on Boston's Triple-A depth chart.
Webb's third inning, his second time through the order, was all the rougher because the floodgates opened with one on - Sogard, who had walked - and two outs. After a Wilyer Abreu single, Contreras hit his 450-foot bomb, and two singles, two hit by pitches and a walk added two more to the damage. By that point Webb had thrown 35 pitches in the inning, and he left with the bases loaded. Lefty Reiver Sanmartin got Sogard to hit into a fielder's choice to end the inning.
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