The first game back at Fenway did not need a clean ending to produce a clean swing.
The Associated Press account carried by ABC News reported that Willson Contreras' three-run home run led the Boston Red Sox past the San Francisco Giants 6-4 on Friday in Rafael Devers' return to Fenway Park following his trade last spring.
The AP placed Devers' solo homer — his 26th this season — in the fourth, immediately after Drew Gilbert's two-run shot had cut Boston's lead to 5-3 before Devers made it 5-4.
What the box and the scoring say
CBS Sports' gametracker batting line lists Devers as the Giants' DH at three at-bats with one run, one hit, and one RBI, matching a 1-for-3 night with the homer. NBC Sports Bay Area measured the solo shot at 412 feet to center and noted mixed Fenway reaction: boos on introductions and at-bats, cheers for a tribute video.
It was Devers' first Fenway homer as a visitor after 95 as a Red Sox, per that NBC Sports Bay Area account.
The AP framed the night as Devers' first game back at Fenway since being traded to the Giants about 14 months earlier. The homer did not change the final: Boston still won 6-4.
How Boston built the lead
Logan Webb (L, 8-8) lasted 2.2 innings with six hits, five earned runs, three walks, and one home run allowed, according to the box sources around the AP/ABC recap. Aroldis Chapman struck out three in the ninth for his 28th save in those same accounts.
Contreras' three-run homer was the swing the AP put in the lede; Devers' solo answered in the fourth and still left the Giants chasing.
San Francisco totaled seven hits and four runs and did not score after the fourth, per the CBS Sports scoring summary paired with the AP recap. The Giants sat at 52-76 after the loss on those boards.
