Fenway Park. Busch Stadium. Tropicana Field. For Rafael Devers, the venue doesn’t matter these days. Put a bat in his hand and he’s going to go deep.
On Monday night at Tropicana Field, Devers set a team record by hitting a home run in his sixth consecutive game.
Rafael Devers holds a Red Sox record all by himself
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Devers is the first Major Leaguer to homer in as many as six straight games since Mike Trout hit taters in seven consecutive games from Sept. 4-12, 2022. Joey Votto had a seven-game streak from July 24-30, 2021. Paul Goldschmidt cleared the fences in six straight games from July 22-27, 2019.
If Devers can homer in his next two games, he would tie the all-time record held by the following three players: Ken Griffey Jr. (1993 Mariners), Don Mattingly (‘87 Yankees) and Dale Long (‘56 Pirates).
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After homering in the final two games of a four-game series against the Rays last week at Fenway and in all three games at Busch Stadium against the Cardinals over the weekend, Devers bashed a two-run shot to left in the top of the fourth against fireballing Rays righty Taj Bradley to keep the streak going.
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His 10th homer of the season left his bat at an exit velocity of 104.5 mph and traveled a Statcast-projected distance of 382 feet. It would have been a home run in 28 of MLB’s 30 ballparks, with Truist Park and Camden Yards serving as the only exceptions.
Only six other Red Sox players (Jimmie Foxx, Ted Williams, Dick Stuart, George Scott, Jose Canseco and Bobby Dalbec) had homered in five straight games before Devers equaled that feat on Sunday afternoon.
