Devers delivers three-hit game for Sea Dogs

Even though Rafael Devers is one of the youngest players to start the season in the Eastern League, the No. 2 Red Sox prospect is proving he can hold his own.
After homering in his Double-A debut Friday, Devers went 3-for-4 with three RBIs on Monday in the Portland Sea Dogs' 8-5 win over the Binghamton Rumble Ponies at Hadlock Field.

Batting fifth, the 20-year-old third baseman grounded a single to right field in his first at-bat before capping a four-run third for Portland with a two-RBI single to center against Ponies starter Casey Delgado.
After Binghamton pulled within one in the sixth, the Dominican Republic native extended his team's lead with an RBI double to right in the seventh.
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Devers, who batted .326/.367/.539 with 37 extra-base hits in the second half of last season with Class A Advanced Salem, was invited to the Red Sox Spring Training for the second straight year. He struggled in Grapefruit League action, though, going 3-for-22 over 14 games.
But Devers' spring funk seemed to end as the Minor League season began when he belted a home run in his first Eastern League at-bat Friday against Reading. Monday's performance upped his average to .417 through three contests.

Heiker Meneses, Cole Sturgeon and Danny Mars added two hits apiece for Portland. Sturgeon drove in two runs.
Jacob Dahlstrand picked up the win after allowing three runs on five hits over five innings.
The Sea Dogs are off to their best start since the 2005 championship season, when they began the year with 10 consecutive wins.