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- Updated: May 27, 2016
This season’s longest hitting streak and top Beat the Streak run ended simultaneously Thursday night, as Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. went 0-for-4 vs. the Rockies.
BTS participant “Bigpapi123,” who declined to give a last name but identified himself as Charles from Connecticut, had his streak stall at 41 due to Bradley’s 0-fer. That means he’ll have to start over in the chase for 57 consecutive correct picks — one more than Joe DiMaggio’s famed hitting streak in 1941 — and therefore the $5.6 million grand prize.
The streaker also selected Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts on Thursday using the “Double Down” feature, whereby a BTS participant picks two players on the same day. If both get a hit, the streak advances by two. If either goes hitless, the streak ends.
Bogaerts extended his hitting streak to 19 games with a first-inning single, but Bradley went without a base …
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