Padres’ Xander Bogaerts Opens Up on Unlucky Season, Hopefully Breaking Through

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San Diego Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts appears to have turned things around at the plate after a rocky first half of the season, ending a division rivalry series against the Los Angeles Dodgers with five straight hits, including two big moments. Bogaerts thought himself to be the hero on Wednesday night, driving a ball into the left-center field gap to level the game at three in the ninth inning. Rather than clinging onto the previous night’s shortcomings, Bogaerts delivered in a big way in Thursday’s 5-3 win, going a perfect 4-for-4 with a double, a homer and three runs scored. The eight total bases he recorded in the final game of a four-game series against the division rivals were the most he had in a single game all year.

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