{"id":737816,"date":"2026-06-28T15:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T15:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/737816\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T15:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T15:51:24","slug":"mlb-scores-devers-goes-yard-twice-on-his-bobblehead-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/737816\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB scores: Devers goes yard twice on his bobblehead night"},"content":{"rendered":"

20,001 Rafael Deverses were in attendance at Oracle Park Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

As they dispersed around the field, many of their heads nodded along, some appeared to shake their heads, others ambiguously bobbed, unsure and unconvinced. What were they doing here? Was this a fiesta or a sham? Were they \u2014 these mass-produced, cheaply-cast ceramic figurines \u2014 mementos of hopeful celebration, or unmet expectation?<\/p>\n

The late-evening sun dropped beyond the stadium\u2019s battlements, shadow crept out past the mound as the bobbleheads bobbled in unanimous disharmony. The only still head of the 20,001 Rafael Devers heads in the park was the Rafael Devers head looking out from home plate, locked on Bryce Elder\u2019s 2-2 4-seam fastball destined for the upper pocket of the zone. It was an uninspiring pitch that Devers is paid millions of dollars to disrespect. Results in a Giants uniform have been inconsistent and inconclusive \u2014 but in this instant, there was little doubt, just awe as Devers lifted the baseball out of the shadows and into the light. And in that moment, the 20,000 bobbleheads all finished their swings, all tilted their heads up to watch that ball in flight, and all started to nod in unison as it landed in the visiting bullpen beyond the center field wall.<\/p>\n

Next ups came in the 3rd. The Giants were up 2-0. There were two-on, two-out, and again, Elder had put Devers in a two-strike hole. After taking a first pitch slider, he fought off a pair of cutters and a sinker. No 4-seamers this time. Instead Elder spun another slider dropping below the zone, and Devers clocked it. He didn\u2019t have his lower half in the swing, nor did he need it. Again 20,001 Devers heads watched the ball go. They leaned with it, counteracting its curl to the right until it collided with the yellow pole in right.<\/p>\n

Last Sunday in Miami, a frustrated Devers<\/a> dodged a diplomatic pat from bench coach Jayce Tingler. He wasn\u2019t in the mood. That moment rocked the Giants world. The butt-pat not heard \u2018round the world.<\/p>\n

On Saturday though, an over-the-moon Devers flaunted it. He showed off dat cheese, and happily ran the butt-pat gauntlet twice, letting everyone get a piece. Some even came back for seconds (none for Tingler though!)<\/p>\n

\"Victor<\/a><\/p>\n

Victor Bericoto landing on the moon.<\/p>\n

\"Tyler<\/a><\/p>\n

Tyler Mahle with a gentle knuckle.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Luis Arraez with a hand-full<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Quentin Eberhardt with a full palm as well<\/p>\n

\"Rookie<\/a><\/p>\n

Rookie Jonah Cox reaching out to touch the cloak<\/p>\n

\"Logan<\/a><\/p>\n

Logan Webb: never afraid of contact<\/p>\n

\"Mahle<\/a><\/p>\n

Mahle wanting a little more on round two<\/p>\n

\"Bericoto<\/a><\/p>\n

Bericoto had to check the other cheek<\/p>\n

The other integral part of San Francisco\u2019s 5-0 win was Logan Webb, as steady as Devers is capricious. Since his return from the injured list in late-May, the homegrown right-hander has been the best we\u2019ve seen him in as a Giant. Though he snapped his three-game streak of pitching 8 innings, Saturday\u2019s performance over 7 scoreless was impressive as ever.<\/p>\n

Webb allowed just three baserunners in the outing on two walks and a hit, while striking out 6. It was just the second time in his career<\/a>, and second time this month<\/a>, that Webb allowed 1 hit while throwing at least 7 shutout innings. After giving up a hustle double to Mauricio Dub\u00f3n and walking Mike Yastrzemski (both former teammates) in the 2nd, Webb entered his rhythmic groove state, retiring the last 16 hitters he faced. A Braves player didn\u2019t touch first until Ha-Seong Kim worked a 2-out walk in the 8th off reliever Ryan Walker. Dub\u00f3n\u2019s knock was the only one on the night for Atlanta.<\/p>\n

Since May 29th<\/a>, opponents are managing just a .153 average off of Webb with a .181 wOBA. His 0.85 ERA is a hair above Milwaukee\u2019s Jacob Misiorowski\u2019s 0.77 for lowest in the Majors \u2014 though the Miz has started one less game and thrown 7.1 innings fewer than Webb.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s game was a vision. Exactly how Grand POBO Buster Posey imagined it. Webb and Devers taking charge, pulling the game into their orbit. Two cheeks of the same irresistible and undeniable moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"20,001 Rafael Deverses were in attendance at Oracle Park Saturday evening. As they dispersed around the field, many…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":737817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2408],"tags":[5,162,4,378,66,81698,4343,4340,4344,4341,4342],"class_list":["post-737816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco-giants","tag-baseball","tag-giants","tag-mlb","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-san-francisco-giants-scores-standings","tag-sanfrancisco","tag-sanfranciscogiants","tag-sf","tag-sf-giants","tag-sfgiants"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116828536106099539","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}