Rafael Devers may have to pay for the seats he destroyed at Fenway Park on Sunday.
That’s not something he can afford, but the Red Sox third baseman Destroyed the home run ball According to Statcast, the ball left the bat at 114.7 mph and smashed into one of the wooden seats in right field at Fenway Park.
Images posted by the Red Sox showed the edge of a seat broken, and the team released an incident report saying, “The ball was hit so hard by Devers’ home run that it broke the back of a chair.”
No one was injured by the ball, and the seats were repaired by the fifth inning. NESN reported:.
The home run was Devers’ 23rd of the season, tying him with the Guardians’ Jose Ramirez for sixth-most this year.
The Red Sox won the game, 5-4, and were down 53-42 at the All-Star break.
Yankees slugger Aaron Judge leads the major leagues with 34 home runs this season.
Devers entered the game batting .291 with 59 RBIs.
He was selected to play in this week’s MLB All-Star Game but opted out to rest his shoulder.
“The kid is focused,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. According to the Associated Press“Just take care of him this week. He’s not going to Texas for the right reasons. He wants to get treatment this week and stay healthy and ready for the second half.”
The Red Sox won Sunday’s game 5-4 to clinch the series against the Royals.
