Devers' first career goodbye home run ignited an epic comeback for the Red Sox

After a five-game run of seven games (including three goodbye losses), the Red Sox are in desperate need of a booster. On Saturday night at Fenway Park, Rafael Devers responded with his first career goodbye home run — a 107.3mph shot with a 402-foot flight to the bullpen to help the Boston Red Sox end a dramatic 7-6 win over the Atlanta Warriors.

"We needed this win so badly," said Alex Cora, head coach of the Red Sox, "and the big boy grabbed the ball that could attack and threw the perfect shot." "

The Red Sox made the biggest comeback of the season, rising from a desperate 0-5 and 2-6 deficit. Devers was expected to finish the game early: Jarren Duran hit a two-pointer to tie the game when he went two out in the eighth inning, but then failed to steal the base and drag the suspense into the ninth inning.

Against Warriors pitcher Pierce Johnson, who had played eight innings, Devers did his homework: "I went to the tunnel and did my routine to watch his ball play against Duran. I knew his killer was a slider, but this time he threw a curveball. With a 2-1 bad game in the ninth inning, Johnson's missed curveball became a fatal injury. "I threw a red mid-curve shot at the best hitter on the other side," Johnson admitted.

This goodbye bomb has improved the Red Sox's one-point deficit record this season to 5-12, and it is still the team with the most one-point losses in MLB (the Warriors are second with 11 losses). "An inflection point is coming? "It remains to be seen, but this win may be a starting point," Cora cautioned. The one-point deficit could be interpreted as 'they can't finish the game' or 'they're about to explode', and I choose the latter. "

In the celebration, his teammates failed to put the usual Wally the Green Monster hood on Dvers. "It was crazy," Duran laughed, "and the hood ended up on my head." But proud of him, he is a leader, always stepping up at critical moments. "

Devers has rebounded strongly from the slump recently, hitting 19 bases in the last 20 games, surrendering 0.397 batting percentage/0.495 batting percentage/0.705 batting percentage, contributing 6 hits and 20 RBIs. "He's in full shape now," Korra commented, "and he's prepared well and really gave everything for the team's victory. "

The victory also temporarily calmed the turmoil between Devers and the management. During spring training, he became dissatisfied with the team's request to move from third base to designated batter, and then publicly criticized Craig Breslow, the director of baseball affairs, when asked if he wanted to keep first base when Triston Casas was out for the season due to a rupture of the patellar tendon in his right knee. On May 9, the owner, John Henry, flew to Kansas City to meet with Devers, and although the details were not disclosed, the results were immediate.

"That's a turning page," Devers replied briefly of the meeting with Henry. When the goodbye blasted through the night sky of Fenway, all the controversy was temporarily drowned out by cheers. The 27-year-old batter proved with his bat that he is always the hottest fire for the Red Sox line, no matter how much the position changes.