US EditionDevers homers in 9th to give Red Sox 7-6 win over Braves
- Rafael Devers hit a walk-off home run in the ninth inning on May 17, 2025, to give the Boston Red Sox a 7-6 win over the Atlanta Braves in Boston.
- The Red Sox fell behind 5-0 early in the game after Braves hitters Matt Olson and Marcell Ozuna launched back-to-back homers off Lucas Giolito, who was pitching in just his fourth outing following elbow surgery that sidelined him for the start of 2024.
- Boston rallied with multiple runs including a two-run homer by Jarren Duran and scored in three separate innings before Devers crushed a 2-1 curveball from Pierce Johnson 402 feet into the bullpen.
- Giolito allowed six runs and eight hits in four innings, while Aroldis Chapman pitched a scoreless inning with three strikeouts to earn the win and improve his record to 3-2.
- The Red Sox ended their four-game losing streak to improve to 23-24, showing grit by overcoming a deficit of five or more runs, while Atlanta dropped to 23-23 but became just the fifth team in history to rebound from an 0-7 start to reach a winning record.
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The Oneida Daily Dispatch
The SaratogianRafael Devers snaps Red Sox skid with 1st career walk-off HR
Saturday night began the same way as Friday night, with the Atlanta Braves taking an immediate lead on back-to-back home runs for the second game in a row, but there was a much happier ending the second time around. Leading off the bottom of the ninth, Rafael Devers turned a Pierce Johnson 2-1 curveball into the first walk-off home run of his career. Punctuating their first comeback from a deficit of five or more runs since April 1, 2023 with su…
Rockdale Citizen & Newton Citizen
Marietta Daily JournalRafael Devers' 1st career walk-off HR lifts Red Sox over Braves
Rafael Devers' leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning helped the Boston Red Sox come back from five runs down to beat the visiting Atlanta Braves 7-6 on Saturday night.
Ottumwa Courier
Devers homers in 9th to give Red Sox 7-6 win over Braves
Rafael Devers homered leading off the bottom of the ninth inning against Pierce Johnson, sending the Boston Red Sox to a 7-6 comeback win over the Atlanta Braves that snapped their four-game losing streak. Jarren Duran had a two-run homer…
Red Sox reactions: Rafael Devers walk-off homer snaps losing streak in big comeback win
BOSTON — Instant reactions as the Red Sox (23-24) come all the way back from two, big early deficits (5-0 and 6-1) to walk off the Braves, winning 7-6, on the first career walk-off homer of Rafael Devers’ career:
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