SF Giants fall 3-2 to Cleveland Guardians in Rafael Devers’ post-trade debut

SAN FRANCISCO – Oracle Park’s crowd greeted Rafael Devers with a standing ovation each at-bat in his San Francisco Giants’ debut Tuesday night.

Fans oohed at every mighty swing, even his two strikeouts. They roared at his first hit – a go-ahead, RBI double to the right-center wall. And they cheered when he singled to left to extend a bottom-of-the-ninth rally.

That was as grand an entrance as Devers would make Tuesday night as the Giants endured a 3-2 loss to the Cleveland Guardians to open a nine-game homestand.