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Rafael Devers and the Red Sox had the perfect initial response to Alex Verdugos pronounced bat flip and slow jog around Cody Morris Jersey the bases following their former teammates two-run homer in Saturdays third inning. Even if Verdugo and the Yankees got the last laugh in a . Devers ripped a homer of his own to give Boston a lead one frame later, and he certainly appeared to gesture toward Verdugo in left field as he took his time rounding the bases. Rafael Devers gestured toward the outfield during his homer trot. Screengrab via X/@MLB Rafael Devers homered for the Red Sox during their lo s Saturday against the Yankees. Charles Wenzelberg Devers claimed afterward that his raised arms as he pa sed second base instead were meant as an intended celebration with his teammates in the bullpen. Obviously it was a big hit for us, it put my team on top at that moment. At the same time, they did it to us before. So nobody can get mad for those reactions. Its just baseball, Devers said after the game through a translator. It wasnt directed at [Verdugo]. It was something that we do towards the bullpen. Everybody who hits a home run, they salute the bullpen, so it wasnt anything to do with him. Explore More In his first game back at Fenway Park in June following an offseason trade to The Bronx, Verdugo also with a home run and four RBIs. Featuring a pronounced bat flip, he took 32 seconds to round the bases Saturday following his two-run blast to center off Boston starter Josh Winckowski. Alex Verdugo took a slow trot around the bases following his home run Saturday. Robert Sabo for the NY Post Im not too worried about it. He rides the roller coaster a bunch, and thats what he does, Winckowski said of Verdugo. Ive seen that slow trot for us and we didnt care, right? We let him do it here, Red Sox manager Alex Cora added. If we were OK with it on our team, we should be OK with it on another team. And they should be OK, too, with Raffy doing it. Alex Verdugo homered in the third inning of the Yankees win Saturday against the Red Sox. Robert Sabo for the NY Post Cora actually thought another at-bat by Verdugo a bunt single in the Yanks five-run fifth changed the game. Devers 440-foot blast his eighth homer in 39 career at-bats against Yankees starter Gerrit Cole had changed it first, giving Boston a 4-3 lead one inning earlier. Cole glared at Devers as he pa sed first base, but the reigning AL Cy Young winner said afterward, as a pitcher you dont want to watch a home-run trot, but then you probably shouldnt give up a home run. Tommy Kahnle Jersey |
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