In 4th at-bat, Bogaerts’ hit streak reaches 24

BALTIMORE — Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts extended his career-best hitting streak to 24 games in Tuesday night’s 6-2 win, blooping a seventh-inning single to shallow left-center field off Orioles reliever Dylan Bundy at Camden Yards.

Bogaerts’ hit came in his fourth at-bat, after previously grounding out to second base and shortstop and striking out.

As the ball landed just out of the reach of diving left fielder Nolan Reimold, Bogaerts raised his arms, reaching first base with his Major League-best 76th hit.

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“I knew I had [to get] that to live another day,” said Bogaerts, who finished 1-for-5 and is batting .393/.430/.607 (42-for-107) during the streak. “I knew I hit it and it might fall in, but I didn’t know how deep the left fielder …

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