The Red Sox of Boston and the host of San Francisco Giants will try to win a series when the interliga competes to compete for the third time Sunday afternoon, with the Giants Rafael Devers seeking to send fans to the happy house.
Devers, which was treated from Boston to San Francisco a week ago, was the focal point during a split during the first two games of the set. The Red Sox glued it with a label of 0 for 5 by winning 7-5 during the opening on Friday, but Devers made its match for the first time in his new house as part of a victory of the Giants 3-2 in the revenge match on Saturday.
The right-hander of the Red Sox Lucas Giolito (3-1, 4.73 ERA) and the Gaiants Robbie Ray (8-2, 2.68) are the planned starters of the rubber game of the series.
After Devers, which had struck 0.272 in 73 games for the Red Sox, opened 3 for 16 in San Francisco, the manager of the Giants, Bob Melvin, moved the Slugger from the third to the order of the strikers for his fifth match.
The move paid immediate dividends while it was pushing the best striker of the club of the club, Heliot Ramos, in hole n ° 3, from where he struck a first -round home run.
Devers then entered the number two rounds later, going the opposite path for its 16th circuit of the season, a two -point shot on the right left field.
Melvin was happy to see his new left-wing bunch rewarded for having followed the favorite path to a home run in Oracle Park rather than taking up the challenge of having one in the water beyond the right field.
“It’s a bit typical of him-let (the ground) move, catch him late and block him on the left field,” said Melvin. “He has done it so many times in Boston, and this park also plays this way towards the left -handers.”
In the end, Melvin was happy that the attention could move away from the circuits and more in the victory of the ball games.
“You have one (Homer),” he said, “and now settle down and do his thing.”
Devers will try to do this Sunday against Giolito, against whom the designated striker has a certain story. For the Red Sox against the White Sox of Chicago on June 23, 2023, Devers attracted Giolito-one of the two strokes he had in 11 at-heads in their heads.
Originally from southern California, Giolito made three career departures against the Giants, going 2-1 with a 3.63 MPM. He comes out of a masterpiece – Six lanches of laundry ball in Seattle on Monday. He withdrew 10 to Saturday in the 2-0 victory, which came in the first Boston match after the very emotional trade in the deours.
“Winning resolves everything,” said Giolito about the team’s mood at the end of a long day on Monday. “We were able to bring together and maintain a very positive attitude. When it came (time) to compete, we have contributed.”
The Red Sox has gone 3-2 from trade. A victory on Sunday would give them a second consecutive victory in 2-1 to start a western swing of nine games.
To make it happen, they will have to face the best winner of the Giants in Ray, who started season 7-0 but has only won once in his last four outings.
The former launcher of the American League faced the Red Sox eight times, seven times as a starter, and went 2-2 with a 3.54 MPM.
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