Rafael Devers joined the 250 home run club Tuesday night in Phoenix. Good timing for a milestone. Bad timing for a Giants team that got flattened again by the Diamondbacks.
The 29-year-old designated hitter crushed a solo shot in the seventh inning at Chase Field. It was his 250th career homer. MLB posted the clip on X. There wasn’t much else for San Francisco to celebrate after an 8-2 loss that dropped them to 35-50.
Arizona just owns this matchup. The Diamondbacks are 8-0 against the Giants this season. Tuesday was more of the same.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a three-run bomb in the first inning. Brandon Pfaadt pitched five shutout frames. Giants starter Landen Roupp got battered around for six runs over 2.2 innings. By the time Devers went deep, the game was pretty much over.
Another milestone in a rough season
Devers came over from Boston in June 2025. The power has always been there. The consistency hasn’t always followed. But 250 homers before turning 30 is legit company. He’s still the kind of bat a team can build around even when everything else is crumbling.
The Giants are sitting fourth in the NL West. Twenty games behind the Dodgers. That’s a brutal place to be in early July.
Devers’ homer didn’t change the outcome. But it did serve as a reminder that San Francisco has at least one elite offensive piece locked in. The rest of the roster? That’s a longer conversation.
Tuesday night ended with another division loss and a bunch of quiet stares in the visiting clubhouse. But for one swing in the seventh inning, the Giants had something to watch. Devers connected, the ball left the yard, and history got a little footnote in a season that needs more of them.
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