Rafael Devers put himself in company with Barry Bonds and Willie Mays, then made sure the box score ended with a win.
MLB.com reported that Devers' six home runs and seven walks across a six-game span match the only other Giants stretches of that shape since 1900, Bonds in 2004 and Mays in 1958. On Saturday at Citi Field he went deep twice, drove in three, and helped San Francisco beat the New York Mets 9-5. The Giants improved to 59-84. The Mets fell to 64-78.
ESPN's box has Devers 2-for-4 with two runs, three RBI, and his 35th home run of the season, lifting his line to .258/.339/.519 with 91 RBI. The solo shot traveled 351 feet in the first. The two-run drive in the fifth covered 391 feet and scored Cox.
Christian Koss matched the two-homer night, finishing 2-for-4 with three RBI as the Giants launched six home runs overall. Basabe hit a two-run homer, his fifth, and McCray added a solo shot, his second, that traveled 420 feet in the ninth.
The Associated Press, via CBS, noted it was the second time this season at least two Giants hit multiple home runs in the same game, after a June 5 outing that featured Adames, Chapman, and Schmitt, and the first season with two such games since 1958.
Molina's length, Thornton's damage
Joey Molina earned the win to move to 3-0. He worked five innings, allowing one hit, two runs (none earned), one walk, and six strikeouts with a 2.79 ERA. Trent Thornton took the loss (3-5) after five innings, seven hits, six runs, six strikeouts, and four home runs allowed.
Devers' error was San Francisco's only miscue on a night the lineup otherwise controlled. The Mets managed five hits; the Giants stacked 10.
MLB.com framed Devers' prior 12 games as 19-for-46 (.413) with seven home runs and 18 RBI before Saturday's addition. That kind of heater usually arrives in a pennant race. For a Giants club well under .500, it has become the clearest individual storyline left in September.