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- Updated: May 22, 2016
BOSTON — Red Sox fans haven’t seen a longer hitting streak than Jackie Bradley Jr.’s since 2005. Johnny Damon was the last Boston player to reach 29 games from June 10-July 17 that year.
In the fifth inning Sunday, Bradley hit a line-drive single on a curveball into right field, pushing his hitting streak to 27 games as Boston battled Cleveland to win the series finale, 5-2, at Fenway Park.
“He’s addressing any different type of pitch thrown at him,” Red Sox manager John Farrell said. “[Saturday] and today, knowing that they might pitch him carefully, he’s not expanding the strike zone. Gets an offspeed pitch up at the plate to extend it once again today. Much like we talk about guys with good plate coverage, Jackie’s right in that conversation.”
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