Bogaerts helps BTS leader pull within 6 of all-time mark

Two Beat the Streak players remain within range of the grand prize, as user “csteele12” improved to 43 games by picking Xander Bogaerts, and fellow player “jmd4221” remained right behind at 41 games by staying pat Saturday night.

With the successful pick of Bogaerts, “csteele12,” whose actual identity remains unknown, is now just six games shy of tying Terry Sims’ all-time Beat the Streak run of 49, set earlier this year. The BTS leader is also within 14 successful picks of topping Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio’s mythical 56-game hitting streak in 1941 and claiming the $5.6 million grand prize.

After finding success with Major League hits leader Jose Altuve on Friday, “csteele12” followed up with Bogaerts, who singled in his second time up at the plate Saturday in the Red Sox’s game at Detroit. The hit rewarded a relatively risky pick by “csteele12”; though Bogaerts has been a smart play for much of the season, most especially during his 26-game hitting streak, he had been hitting just .197 in August coming into Saturday’s action. “csteele12” may have caught the Red Sox’s shortstop on the uptick, however, as his Saturday hit extended his most current hit streak to six games.

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Meanwhile, “jmd4221” — whose streak was also extended by Altuve on Friday — opted to sit out of Saturday’s action, but remains just two games back on the Beat the Streak leaderboard.

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