BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts took one look at the ball he had just pulverized to left, made one step out of the batter’s box and then with one hand, slammed his bat into the ground.
Finally.
A week after his season-long frustrations boiled over with a rare ejection, Bogaerts took them out in a far more beneficial manner. Fresh off two of their worst losses of the year caused by offensive futility, the Red Sox needed a spark. The lineup finally came alive, and Bogaerts’ monster three-run homer in the sixth helped propel a 9-8 comeback win as they held on over the surging Rays at Fenway Park.
