Rafael Devers’s Game 1 performance was underwhelming for the All-Star slugger.
Devers went 1-for-4 and struck out twice. In his second strikeout, Devers was up with the bases loaded in the eighth, which was the Red Sox’ best opportunity to score in Game 1. But Devers couldn’t make contact on the three 92 mph fastballs he swung at, leaving the Red Sox empty handed.
Devers’s first at-bat on Friday made it look like we would see more of the same in Game 2. The lefty struck out swinging, whiffing on a 98 mph fastball out of the zone.