Boston Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers dented a Fenway Park seat with a home run, leading to an 'incident report' from the club.
Well, maybe not quite. But Boston Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers certainly made the first part of that statement ring true during the club's 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park on Sunday.
Devers, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and two RBI, belted the first-inning long ball so hard that it broke a Fenway Park seat., completely dented the back of a Fenway Park seat in the right field stands, resulting in the club filing a lighthearted "incident report" in a post onto its account on X, formerly known as Twitter.When told that the home run ball had actually broken a seat at the ballpark, Red Sox manager Alex Cora said, "It did? Got to tell John .
Devers, an All-Star for the third time, will sit out Tuesday's Midsummer Classic due to shoulder soreness, the club announced this past week. The Red Sox enter the break as one of the hottest teams in MLB, having won nine of their last 12 games.Tim Capurso is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Prior to joining SI in November 2023, he wrote for RotoBaller and ClutchPoints, where he was the lead editor for MLB, college football and NFL coverage. A lifelong Yankees and Giants fan, Capurso grew up just outside New York City and now lives near Philadelphia.
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