Bogaerts reflects on ‘weird play’ vs. Braves

BOSTON — It was, as Xander Bogaerts put it, a “weird play.” It is one in which he hopes to never be involved again, unless he is the one making the tag next time.

Here was the situation that unfolded in the bottom of the first inning in a game the Red Sox would lose, 5-3, to the Braves:

After Dustin Pedroia doubled and Bogaerts walked with one out, David Ortiz hit a grounder to first base. The one thought running through Bogaerts’ mind was to try to break up the double play.

As Freddie Freeman fielded the ball and threw to shortstop Erick Aybar, Bogaerts slid into what he assumed was the out.

There were two problems. Bogaerts didn’t see that the throw pulled Aybar off the bag, and he didn’t hear second-base umpire Joe West call him …

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