Overview

• The Red Sox have won eight of their last nine games, including a 7-5 victory over the Giants, and hold a 40-37 record that has narrowed their division deficit.
• San Francisco has lost five of six games since acquiring Devers and is 4-for-36 with runners in scoring position, straining its offense outside of his contributions.
• Devers went 0-for-5 in his first game against Boston but hit his first two-run homer for the Giants in the series’ second matchup.
• The trade was driven by Devers’s refusal to move to first base after Triston Casas suffered a season-ending knee injury, a shift he says he would have accepted if asked before spring training.
• The Rays have led the majors in runs, ERA, RBIs and stolen bases over the past month thanks to breakout seasons from Junior Caminero and Jonathan Aranda and the potential return of Shane McClanahan.