{"id":475966,"date":"2025-07-23T08:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/rafael-devers-responds-in-the-initial-with-a-5-2-day-and-breaks-the-giants-slump\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T08:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:27:11","slug":"rafael-devers-responds-in-the-initial-with-a-5-2-day-and-breaks-the-giants-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/rafael-devers-responds-in-the-initial-with-a-5-2-day-and-breaks-the-giants-slump\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Devers responds in the initial with a 5-2 day and breaks the Giants&#8217; slump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<em>Atlanta, USA<\/em> In his first defensive appearance as a starter in Major League Baseball, Dominican <strong>Rafael Devers<\/strong> responded firmly at the plate and in defense, propelling the <strong>San Francisco Giants<\/strong> to a resounding victory of <strong>9-0<\/strong> over the <strong>Atlanta Braves<\/strong> at Truist Park on Tuesday night.\n\nDevers, aligned for the first time at first base after nine seasons at third base, went <strong>2-5<\/strong>, including a double and a run-scoring single. Although he didn&#8217;t make any direct outs, he effectively fulfilled his role by safely receiving several key throws from his infield teammates.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rafael Devers: 1-for-1 at first base <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qlHgec45P2\">pic.twitter.com\/qlHgec45P2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Justice delos Santos (@justdelossantos) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/justdelossantos\/status\/1947807400087654488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\nThis performance marked a significant change for the former Red Sox player, who had previously expressed his opposition to leaving third base. However, the signing of <strong>Alex Bregman<\/strong> by Boston in the winter break made the team&#8217;s intention to move Devers defensively clear, which eventually led to his trade to the Giants on June 15th.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since his arrival in San Francisco, Devers had only been used as a designated hitter, while dealing with lower back and groin discomfort. But manager <strong>Bob Melvin<\/strong> decided to put him at first base, convinced that his recovery is progressing. \u201cHe&#8217;s going to have to learn on the go\u2026 but he wants to be on the field,\u201d the strategist stated.<\/p>\n\n\nThe Giants&#8217; offense exploded with two four-run attacks in the second and seventh innings. Venezuelan <strong>Wilmer Flores<\/strong> extended the lead with a three-run homer. It was the first time since June 22 that San Francisco scored at least nine runs in a game.\n\nAlthough Melvin pointed out that Devers will not be the first baseman every day, he admitted that the team envisions him as a stable future option at the position.\n\nWith this victory, the Giants broke a streak of six consecutive losses, the worst of their campaign.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta, USA In his first defensive appearance as a starter in Major League Baseball, Dominican Rafael Devers responded firmly at the plate and in defense, propelling the San Francisco Giants to a resounding victory of 9-0 over the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on Tuesday night. Devers, aligned for the first time at first base [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":475968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,40813,13766,41186,40230],"class_list":["post-475966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb","tag-theperiodicodelatruth","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-1ZOS","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/20250723_082408.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yamell Rossi","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-7a176880-76f8-4b0c-9527-4e34feef45e4-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/20250723_082408.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}