Ceddanne Rafaela was unfazed by the Rafael Devers trade saga on Friday night.
The 24-year-old had a great night in the outfield and batter’s box against the Devers’ Giants in San Francisco. Rafaela was three out of four and just missed the cycle. Among his hits was a game-winning home run that helped the Red Sox defeat the Giants 7–5.
He doubled on a crisp line drive in the third inning to record his first hit of the evening. Rafaela ultimately scored Boston’s second run of the game, bringing the score to 3-2 early.
He took care of business in center field before his next at-bat. In the bottom of the third, Rafaela made a leaping catch against the wall, denying Devers a possible extra-base single.
Take a look at the catch that kept the Red Sox within one run:
Before the game, Rafael Devers and Ceddanne Rafaela were chatting.He just lost a double to Rafaela.USVRFtLn32 pic.twitter.com/
Baseball Savant says the 385-foot flyout would not have been a home run at Fenway Park, in case you were wondering.
Boston ultimately took the lead thanks to Rafaela’s spectacular grab. In the fourth inning, he tied the score at three runs each by driving home Wilyer Abreu with an RBI single in his subsequent at-bat.
Uppic is how Ceddanne wraps it up.Follow Ji8ChnsNhA on Twitter.
Rafaela decided enough was enough after a couple of innings of scoring back and forth, including an RBI base single by Roman Anthony.
He took a hanging, belt-high knuckle curveball 424 feet to dead-center field in the top of the sixth inning with the score tied at five. Boston took a 6-5 lead after Rafaela’s solo stroke, and it didn’t look back.
The @RedSox take the lead thanks to a dead-center shot from Ceddanne Rafaelapic.twitter.com/XregovoT3a.
The player’s home run on Friday was his eighth of the season. Rafaela is hitting.255 in June and.273 overall, with an OPS of.710 for the season.
The victory raised the Red Sox’s season record to 40-37. They are 3-1 after the Devers deal and 8-1 in their previous nine games. In the American League East standings, Boston trails the New York Yankees by four games.
Boston.com sports producer Kaley Brown covers the Boston Bruins, Boston Celtics, Patriots, and Boston Red Sox.
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