Rafael Devers units Crimson Sox file with HR in sixth straight recreation – ESPN – ESPN

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Rafael Devers clobbers a two-run dwelling run in his sixth consecutive recreation for the Boston Crimson Sox. (0:24)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Boston Red Sox star Rafael Devers set a group file when he homered for the sixth consecutive recreation Monday night time at Tampa Bay.
Devers had shared the mark of 5 with Jimmie Foxx (1940), Ted Williams (1957), Dick Stuart (1963), George Scott (1977), José Canseco (1995) and Bobby Dalbec (2020). He’s the primary main leaguer to do it because the Los Angeles Angels‘ Mike Trout had a seven-game streak Sept. 4-12, 2022.
“Within the second, I wasn’t excited about that,” Devers, by way of an interpreter, mentioned of breaking the franchise file, following the Crimson Sox’s 5-0 win. “Once I bought to the dugout and I noticed my teammates, it was a particular second for certain.”
The Chicago Cubs‘ Michael Busch had a five-game home-run streak earlier this season.
Tampa Bay starter Taj Bradley struck out eight of his first 9 batters coming into the fourth. Devers was the one Boston batter to place the ball in play over the stretch, hitting a comeback groundout that Bradley deflected to second baseman Brandon Lowe.
After Jarren Duran had a leadoff triple within the fourth and scored on Wilyer Abreu‘s double, Devers linked on a opposite-field homer to left.
The homer was Devers’ tenth of the season and prolonged his hitting streak to 10 video games.
Devers’ six-game dwelling run streak additionally tied the longest by a 3rd baseman over the previous 100 seasons, becoming a member of Colorado‘s Nolan Arenado (2015), Houston‘s Morgan Ensberg (2006) and San Diego‘s Graig Nettles (1984).
ESPN Stats & Data and The Related Press contributed to this report.

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