{"id":46305,"date":"2025-04-03T11:55:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T11:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=46305"},"modified":"2025-04-03T11:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T11:55:13","slug":"rafael-devers-finally-breaks-out-of-slump-in-red-sox-win-vs-orioles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=46305","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Devers (Finally) Breaks Out Of Slump In Red Sox Win Vs Orioles"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-2025270\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??-->\u201cWe all needed that one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was what Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters in Baltimore after Rafael Devers connected for his first hit this season in Boston\u2019s 3-0 win over the Orioles on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Devers had entered Boston\u2019s game against the Orioles in an 0-for-19 slump with 15 strikeouts in the Red Sox\u2019s first five games of the season. The three-time All-Star went 2-for-4, lacing an RBI double to right field in the top of the fifth inning to bust out of his rough patch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always felt comfortable,\u201d Devers told reporters through Red Sox translator Carlos Villoria-Ben\u00edtez, as seen on NESN\u2019s postgame coverage. \u201cI never pressured myself or anything like that. Obviously, things weren\u2019t going my way, and things were bigger than they really were, so for me, it was just to stay simple. I know the type of hitter that I am, and everything was going to be normal sooner rather than later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cora knew Devers would snap out of his funk at the plate, despite striking out three or more times in four of the six Red Sox games to begin the season.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe at-bats are getting better,\u201d he said. \u201cHe walked twice the other day. The foul ball he hit \u2014 that one caught my attention. He put some good swings on it. Got a breaking ball in the zone, put a good swing, and then the line drive we\u2019ve been looking for in five days. \u2026 Hit it hard, and did an outstanding job.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The Red Sox faithful at Camden Yards gave Devers a standing ovation after his double scored Ceddanne Rafaela to extend Boston\u2019s lead to 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI enjoy it a lot,\u201d Devers said. \u201cIt makes me happy, seeing that reaction, because that makes me see that they\u2019re paying attention to my at-bat and they\u2019re supporting me. And it makes me feel very, very happy about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Devers not only got his first hit and drove in his first run five games into the season. 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