"SAN FRANCISCO The Giants hope there will plenty of splash hits over the course of Rafael Devers' nine years at Oracle Park, and the left-handed slugger started the count Wednesday night with a towering shot that barely made it to the water. The first splash hit of Devers' career proved to be decisive in a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals that allowed the Giants to stave off a sweep"
"No assistance was needed for Devers to reach the water leading off the third inning against Sonny Gray. Devers worked the count to 3-0 and wasted little time once he got a pitch in the strike zone, turning on a high-and-tight fastball that left the bat at 108.3 mph. It was a moonshot, the 43-degree launch angle matching Devers' blast off Kyle Freeland in Colorado for the steepest of his career and trailing only Wi"
"J.T. Brubaker and Carson Seymour combined to limit the Cardinals to two over seven innings, and the Giants got just enough offense to make Devers' home run stand up. Andrew Knizner delivered a tie-breaking triple that got past a diving Victor Scott II in center field and allowed Christian Koss to score the go-ahead run in the eighth after Jose Butto allowed the Cardinals to tie the game at 3 in the top half of the inning."
Rafael Devers hit the first splash hit of his career, a towering moonshot that barely reached the water, providing the decisive run in a 4-3 Giants win over the Cardinals. J.T. Brubaker and Carson Seymour combined to limit St. Louis to two runs over seven innings. Andrew Knizner delivered a tie-breaking triple in the eighth that scored Christian Koss for the go-ahead run after Jose Butto had allowed the Cardinals to tie the game. San Francisco capitalized on two of St. Louis' three errors for additional runs, including a misplayed gapper and a dropped routine fly. Devers' homer left the bat at 108.3 mph with a 43-degree launch angle.
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