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    Red Sox’s Rafael Devers breaks Fenway Park seat with 114 mph home run

    By Christian Arnold,

    1 day ago

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    Rafael Devers may be getting a bill for the seat he broke at Fenway Park on Sunday.

    It shouldn’t be anything he can’t afford, but the Red Sox third baseman demolished a home run ball — flying off his bat at 114.7 mph, according to Statcast — that it busted one of the wooden seats in right field at Fenway Park.

    Fenway Facilities Incident Report: pic.twitter.com/oxvCPPswb2

    — Red Sox (@RedSox) July 14, 2024

    An image posted by the Red Sox showed the end of the seat was busted, and the club shared the incident report, which stated: “Devers home run ball hit so hard it broke the back of the chair.”

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    No one was hurt by the ball and the seat was fixed by the fifth inning, NESN reported .

    The blast was Devers’ 23rd of the season and tied him for the sixth-most home runs this year with the Guardians’ Jose Ramirez.

    The Red Sox won the game, 5-4, to move to 53-42 at the All-Star break.

    Blink and you might miss this Rafael Devers homer 😳 pic.twitter.com/ly7Amqo41a

    — MLB (@MLB) July 14, 2024

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    Boston Red Sox’s Rafael Devers celebrates in the dugout with teammates after scoring on his two-run home in the first inning. AP

    Yankees slugger Aaron Judge leads the majors in home runs this season with 34.

    Devers had entered the game with a .291 batting average and 59 RBIs.

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    He was selected for this week’s MLB All-Star game but opted not to go in order to rest his shoulder.

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    Boston Red Sox’s Rafael Devers, right, hits a two-run home run in front of Kansas City Royals catcher Freddy Fermin on Sunday. AP

    “The kid is locked in,” 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 a good reason, right. He wants to be ready for the second part, getting treatment during the week and keeping healthy.”

    The Red Sox took Sunday’s game 5-4 to take the series with the Royals.

    For the latest in sports, top headlines, breaking news and more, visit nypost.com/sports/

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