Former Red Sox Slugger Off To Scorching Start, Sets Dodgers Record

Mookie Betts has 49 career leadoff home runs

former Boston Red Sox slugger Mookie Betts set a Dodgers record for leadoff home runs, hitting his 29th in Los Angeles’ matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals.

Betts broke a tie with Davey Lopes, who played for the Dodgers from 1972-81.

The round-tripper was Betts’ 49th career leadoff home run, the fifth most in MLB history behind only Ricky Henderson (81), George Springer (57), Alfonso Soriano (54) and Craig Biggio (53).

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Red Sox’ Rafael Devers gives update on shoulder soreness

SEATTLE — Rafael Devers, who the Red Sox scratched from their lineup Friday because of left shoulder soreness, provided an update after Boston’s 1-0 loss to the Mariners.

“I feel a little bit of soreness in my shoulder,” Devers said through translator Carlos Villoria Benítez. “It’s early in the season so we’ve got to be smart about that. And it’s better to take one or two days than play through and then miss two or three weeks.”

“I think if I feel better, there’s a good chance I’ll play tomorrow,” he said.

Devers said the shoulder soreness began during spring training when taking swings against the pitching machine.

“It started in Fort Myers,” Devers said. “I think it was getting worse and worse and yesterday I felt it a little bit. And today at batting practice I felt it a little bit more. And I wanted just to be smart and I stopped.”

He said “the pain wasn’t that big” in Fort Myers.

“I was able to handle it and play with it,” Devers said. “But playing with that pain, it was getting worse and worse and worse until the point that I decided to stop.”