Devers reaches milestone with 200th career dinger
BOSTON -- The Red Sox had been searching for the big hit all weekend against the nasty pitching staff of the D-backs.
In Sunday’s series finale, Rafael Devers provided it on a milestone hit.
Devers rocketed a three-run homer to center field in the bottom of the fourth against Merrill Kelly, giving him 200 for his career. The 27-year-old became the 11th player in Red Sox history to hit 200 home runs and the first to do so before turning 28. By number of games, Devers became the seventh-fastest to hit 200 for Boston, belting it in career game No. 958.
The shot by Devers gave the Red Sox -- who lost the first two games of this series -- a 4-0 lead.
Devers smashed Kelly’s 1-1 sinker at an exit velocity of 106.7 mph and it traveled a Statcast-projected distance of 399 feet. The bat speed generated by Devers was 75.7 mph.
Here is the Red Sox 200-homer club:
Ted Williams, 521
David Ortiz, 483
Carl Yastrzemski, 452
Jim Rice, 382
Dwight Evans, 379
Manny Ramirez, 274
Mo Vaughn, 230
Bobby Doerr, 223
Jimmie Foxx, 222
Rico Petrocelli, 210
Devers, 200