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- Updated: May 18, 2016
KANSAS CITY — Xander Bogaerts is one of the best baserunners the Red Sox have. So when he saw an opening to push the envelope in the eighth inning in a 3-2 loss to the Royals in Game 1 of Wednesday’s doubleheader, he went for it.
This time, he was cut down.
But even with the benefit of hindsight, Bogaerts felt it was a risk worth taking.
With the Red Sox down by a run against a stellar bullpen, Bogaerts ripped a one-out single up the middle against Kelvin Herrera. David Ortiz followed with a single into right and Bogaerts was off to the races and on his way to third.
Jarrod Dyson came up throwing, and Bogaerts went headfirst into third. As it turned out, the throw was perfect, and Cheslor Cuthbert slapped down the tag for the out.
“He made a perfect throw,” Bogaerts said. “Going in there, I thought I had it. Looking back at the video, because I can’t look back [at the time], if it’s a little bit to the right, a little bit to the left, I’m there, and [Travis] …
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