Even Red Sox manager Alex Cora claimed he was sent aware of the injury and first found out about it when Devers failed to run out an infield grounder on Sunday. However, the Red Sox star claims he feeling better now and his groin feels better when running. It seems like this may be nothing to worry about.

Devers did his damage in the ninth inning, crushing a leadoff 393-foot (111.2 mph EV) solo shot off of Brent Headrick that extended the Red Sox’ advantage to 10-5. He was also hit by a pitch in the sixth inning and rode home on a three-run shot by Carlos Narvaez. The 28-year-old slugger is now slashing a healthy .283/.407/.522 with 14 homers and 57 RBI on the season.

The Orioles could have walked Devers and faced Wilyer Abreu after Jarren Duran popped out to open the top of the 10th, but they opted to have lefty Gregory Soto pitch to him. Devers made them pay with a hard grounder that made it way to center field, scoring the automatic runner. It gave Devers his 25th RBI in his last 15 games. He also doubled and walked today.

The Red Sox scored 13 times off Cionel Pérez and Emmanuel Rivera in the eighth to turn this one into a laugher. Devers’ first homer came in a 3-2 game in the sixth, but the rout was already on when he hit the grand slam off a position player in Rivera. It’s his 19th career multi-homer game, and the eight RBI topped his previous high by two. He’s the first Red Sox player to have eight RBI since Mookie Betts in 2017, and he’s now first in the majors with 47 RBI.